Storytelling Sunday---Colorado Vacation

In 1986, we rented a 26ft. R.V. with Walter and Chris. Everyone said we were nuts to have 10 people in that small of a space. We went all the way to Colorado and back. I brought a spiral notebook and had each of us---including the kids---take a day to journal about our escapades. To keep everyone happy, each person got a chance to pick a restaurant. There are many fond memories---the time Walter bought ALL the things on the McDonald's menu just because Bridget had written everything down to put "tick" marks next to whoever wanted what for their family. Butch was happy to get on the receiving end of "free" food! Or the time that Butch made a scene in a restaurant because there were ants all over the high chair that we were expected to put Mindy in. Who could forget camping along side a babbling brook that was so loud we could hardly sleep---besides the fact that we were slightly on a hill, so our bodies were in a downhill position---uphill might have been better. And I'll never forget getting "crowned" by the binoculars that vibrated out of the overhead compartment. It was not a particularly comfortable ride.

To this day, the "kids"---all grown now---remember it as our best vacation. Mindy was about 18 months old. Her favorite part was the horseback riding. She rode with Butch. You wouldn't think a "baby" would really remember much, but she sure did. Every year after that, when we went on vacation, she cried that we didn't go horseback riding. It took a couple of years, but we finally figured out that she thought vacation meant horseback riding!

The only downside to that vacation was our return home. We were robbed while we were gone. Our neighbor, thinking he was "helping", nailed our back door shut. Besides the broken window, we had to have the door repaired too! Still, if was one of the best vacations ever!