Travel Diary 1
Riding along state highways in Arkansas means your journey will be a rollercoaster ride going over and up and down and around and hardly ever straight ahead. Traveling these highways with two young boys in the backseat means you will hear a confetti of conversation and questions ranging from the silly to insightful to grumpy and back to silly... Here is a sampling:
On the radio we hear flamenco guitar playing.
W: -Turn it up. This is my favorite!
Z takes an apple out of the snack bag and J doubts he will eat the whole thing.
J: -If you eat that whole apple I will give you $10.00. (I'm thinking, hey, I'll eat two whole apples, right now, right here! Do I get $20.00??)
Z commences to eat the entire apple.
Z: - What does "perishable" mean?
Z: - What is an "intersection?"
Z: - What is "utility?"
Z: - I think asteroids are the hardest rocks in the world...
W: - ...Asteroids are not in the world, they are in outer space.
Z: - Well, then Mt. Everestrock is the hardest.
J: - Do you think flint is hard?
Z: - It's not that hard. But it can cut you!
Z: - Dad, can I have my $10.00 now?
As we drive through Hot Springs W sees (apparently for the first time in his life) an International House of Pancakes restaurant. He reads it in an official sort way, like one might introduce a visiting foreign dignitary: "The INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF... PANCAKES!!!" And then at the word pancakes he cracks him self up laughing tears and snorts for the next four miles.
Z: - What does "bogged down" mean?
Z: - What does "dedicate" mean?
Z: - What does "accapella" mean?
Z: - Dad, can I have my $10.00 now?
Z: - What does "inherit" mean?
Z: - What does "psycho" mean?
Z: - Dad, can I have my $10.00 now?
Z: - What does "cancer" mean?
Z: - What does "bonafied" mean?
Z: - What does "member" mean?
Z: - Dad, can I have my $10.00 now?
The CD playing most of the time was Trout Fishing in America, and the song requested most was Pico de Gallo.
Z: - Dad, can I have my $10.00 now?
On the radio we hear flamenco guitar playing.
W: -Turn it up. This is my favorite!
Z takes an apple out of the snack bag and J doubts he will eat the whole thing.
J: -If you eat that whole apple I will give you $10.00. (I'm thinking, hey, I'll eat two whole apples, right now, right here! Do I get $20.00??)
Z commences to eat the entire apple.
Z: - What does "perishable" mean?
Z: - What is an "intersection?"
Z: - What is "utility?"
Z: - I think asteroids are the hardest rocks in the world...
W: - ...Asteroids are not in the world, they are in outer space.
Z: - Well, then Mt. Everestrock is the hardest.
J: - Do you think flint is hard?
Z: - It's not that hard. But it can cut you!
Z: - Dad, can I have my $10.00 now?
As we drive through Hot Springs W sees (apparently for the first time in his life) an International House of Pancakes restaurant. He reads it in an official sort way, like one might introduce a visiting foreign dignitary: "The INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF... PANCAKES!!!" And then at the word pancakes he cracks him self up laughing tears and snorts for the next four miles.
Z: - What does "bogged down" mean?
Z: - What does "dedicate" mean?
Z: - What does "accapella" mean?
Z: - Dad, can I have my $10.00 now?
Z: - What does "inherit" mean?
Z: - What does "psycho" mean?
Z: - Dad, can I have my $10.00 now?
Z: - What does "cancer" mean?
Z: - What does "bonafied" mean?
Z: - What does "member" mean?
Z: - Dad, can I have my $10.00 now?
The CD playing most of the time was Trout Fishing in America, and the song requested most was Pico de Gallo.
Z: - Dad, can I have my $10.00 now?
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