When we first began traveling together I was amazed to hear that Shirley had never seen Bryce or the Grand Canyon. Foolishly, I decided to remedy that. She didn’t object because the itinerary included a casino hotel. We flew into Vegas, drove to Mesquite, checked in and headed to Bryce.
Believe it or not, Shirley did not yet own a cell phone. So, as soon as we got to the National Park canyon rim she spent half an hour in a pay phone yelling at tour guides. When she hung up I asked, “Ready?”
“For what?”
“ To hike down to the canyon floor.”
“What for, I saw it from the phone booth. Can’t we just go back to the casino?”
On the way back I asked her why she let me drive her all the way to the park.
“You seemed so excited about taking me there.”
I never made the “nature thing” mistake again.
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