1. Colorado doesn't believe in guardrails. Apparently, an average of one car a year plunging thousands of feet off a snowy, icy deer-ridden road does not warrant an investment.
2. When they say that very painful multi-mile uphill hike will be worth it when you get to the lake that is an unnatural but brilliant beautiful blue, they are so right.
3. When you stay in a bed and breakfast, you turn into one of those bed and breakfast people who get excited by deer (even though you have those at home) and must ask everyone else staying there where they are from and what they do. You can't help it.
4. When you ask a bartender how many cops there are in town and he answers by naming them all because he's on a first name basis with all five of them, the town is too damn small.
5. At a nudist hot spring, the novelty of everyone being naked wears off really damn quick and suddenly, small talk with a stranger whose Mr. Fireman is right there for all the world to see is surprisingly less awkward than you suppose.
6. It takes about 32 hours into the vacation for the grumpiness that comes with overextending yourself on a daily basis to completely slough off.
7. Waterfalls make everything better.
8. Unless the waterfall is coming over the edge of the toilet. When water is at the rim, plunge first, then flush. Plunge then flush. Got it?
9. If the town doesn't have a ghost story, make one up and then charge tourists $3 to hear it.
10. And finally, when you are a 11 years old boy and there is a 6 foot tall oil painting of a naked woman in front of you, it is virtually impossible to look away no matter how hard you may try.
2 comments:
I noticed the same thing about the guard rails in Colorado. My level of respect for my dad increased dramatically after realizing that he loves to take that Silverton pass trek on his Honda Goldwing. I was in my Blazer going through there, wishing it was my Miata.
Tell us a ghost story! Please?
Glad to hear you had an, um, interesting time. Feeling more relaxed? Say hi to Boyfriend!
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