so the topic is vacations
all right that's a good that's a good topic huh
i think so
i enjoy them
where did you go on your last vacation
uh
uh the last was back down to Lubbock to visit parents
it was
to what
the last one was back down to Lubbock Texas to visit family
uh-huh yeah
uh
but that's not the tradition for us
oh yeah
what's your out of the out of the state type where do you like to go
uh we enjoyed Yellowstone real well last year
really
yeah
what kind of uh vacation spots are there in Colorado
oh Rocky Mountain National Park
uh-huh
it's it's just like any of the other national parks it
you know there's camping and fishing and hiking and wildlife watching and
i think my parents took me there when i was real young we went to Colorado Springs and uh Rocky Mountain National Park it was real pretty
oh it's
got to see Pike's Peak
yeah
we usually try and drive up there oh once every year or two
you drive by yourself up there
sure
oh wow
to the top the of the peak sure
oh that's tough i don't i don't think i could do that
oh it's not bad at all
it's it's a beautiful drive
oh
now i admit up there the altitude is kind of
interesting
yeah yeah
you know you get a little lightheaded and giddy but it's fun
you know take along a picnic lunch and
sure is pretty up there
oh we love it
you have mountains all around you
uh
no they're only to the east uh i mean to the west of us
where you live
uh-huh
here in the Springs you know it's right there at the very foot of the Rockies
you know and once a week we drive up into the mountains usually you know usually once a week once every other week
wow that's neat i'm jealous there's hills in Texas
yeah well i enjoy hills
in Texas too i've been in Sherman
have you ever been out of the United States for uh vacation
no i haven't you
or business
uh once to Mexico City but just a little day thing on business
uh
uh-huh
i went to uh
the Bahamas last year on a cruise for my honeymoon
uh that's nice
it was really neat i had never been out of
really out of Texas or Indiana much out of the United States
i'm from Indiana so
did you enjoy it
what
did you enjoy it
yeah it was great
uh-huh
it was really pretty down there
uh
uh got to eat some different kinds of foods and meet people from a different culture and
uh-huh yeah really did there in fact one uh family that
sat at our table every meal was from London and they had never been to the United States so they were really enjoying it and they were telling us about all their trips
oh
huh
they had been to Disneyland and
it was neat to meet different people
so the place that i went that we've gone on vacation that i think i enjoyed the most
uh-huh
was Seattle
oh really i've heard it's really pretty up there
well
we uh
was two years ago
uh-huh
we went during the drought
i'm sorry three years ago it had been dry for a whole week
oh
oh wow
it didn't rain for a whole week
yeah that would have been nice that would have been best time to go
yeah somehow we picked the right time and uh
walked down on the wharf and i think we ate seafood every meal for
well not quite every meal but most meals for a week
uh-huh
uh it was wonderful uh the Pacific Science Museum the little girl really enjoyed it's
very interesting
Pacific Sites
yeah
really
yes it was it was super and uh
went to the Seattle Aquarium
uh-huh
and it's right down there
on the
right there on the ocean and
down there on the wharf by the piers and all and
you walk down in a dome a glass dome
uh-huh
and the bay is circulating over your head and you
oh wow
you can watch the fish swim by and sharks
oh it's
oh neat
yeah and then there's walrus and sea lion and porpoises and oh it's it's amazing
that's the vacation you recommend huh
oh absolutely
yeah
without a doubt
Seattle is beautiful and the mountains the mountains to the east of Seattle
yeah i've heard it is
uh-huh
are just incredible
really
i rode a ferry for the first time in my life
oh wow
you know up there
you go from the mainland to a whole bunch of islands around there by ferry
uh-huh
instead of by bridge
and you drive your car on you park your car you set your brake you walk upstairs and you have a beer
oh
or coffee or whatever depending on the time of day
uh-huh
it's amazing
and your car is on a ferry and it goes across with you
yes
yes
that's really neat
yeah yeah and
there are people literally that
everyday take the ferry you know and drive on to it yeah
to work
live on an island off off shore from Seattle
huh
that's really wild
and
you uh everyday they drive on the ferry they go upstairs and have their morning coffee
huh
take for the twenty to
hour and ten minutes that it takes to get across and
you know depending on where it is
hour and ten minutes
well in some places you know in some areas you know depends on how far they are commuting
yeah
that's really interesting
oh it it's strict i'm i'm a West Texan
uh-huh
out there in the land of no water
yeah
and
and to think that people live on the water daily is kind of odd to me
you know it's it's a different life style
than we are used to
yeah
it is
i've been wanting to go to the West Texas and see different parts of Texas because i haven't lived here very long and i haven't really seen much
so what are some good things in Texas to go visit
oh Galveston
Galveston
yes i liked Galveston real well uh
there's uh one of the
areas down there close to Galveston is
i forget the name of the island but it's a bird sanctuary
uh-huh
with all kinds of wild birds
whooping and sand hill cranes and ducks and
pelicans and it's very pretty uh i like the Rio Grande Valley
uh-huh
real well of course you haven't lived until you have been to San Antone to the uh to the Alamo
yeah
Boardwalk and all that
yeah the river walk oh it's
yeah
and you need to go in the Spring when all the flowers are in bloom all up and down through there oh it's just simply beautiful
i've heard it's really pretty
and of course always when i lived in West Texas had to annually go down to San Antone just
really
yeah and go to uh
Lone Star and uh you know
make my annual pilgrimage to the Lone Star Brewery and
yeah
uh
uh El Paso is kind of neat in kind of a funny way you know go across the border and all uh the Davis Mountains are interesting
uh-huh
out there in West Texas
down by Big Bend what's that
yeah yeah uh now the right time of year to go there is in the middle of winter
okay
because
there's a beauty to the desert that it can most be it can best be appreciated when you are not burning up
yeah
you know whenever you've been kind of cold where you are at it's most enjoyable
to get you know to get warm
um
uh-huh
that's nice uh
down there in the lower Rio Grande Valley
closer to where the Rio Grande empties into the Gulf that's interesting i love the Texas Hill Country
yeah
and uh
and uh Austin is neat for for an occasional visit
i've heard to go to Austin too a lot people say to go down there
yeah yeah it's a fun few days
uh
what's there to see in Austin
oh UT is real pretty
uh-huh
uh there's a lot of little limestone lakes and caverns around that area Marble Falls and all that's real pretty uh
i would say definitely go see that part and uh
i'd say go to uh
Midland once just for the heck of it
i don't know why exactly
but uh
you know find out when they are holding
the
petroleum fair uh
