[speaker001:] so the topic is vacations
[speaker002:] all right that's a good that's a good topic huh
[speaker001:] I think so I enjoy them
[speaker002:] where did you go on your last vacation
[speaker001:] uh uh the last was back down to Lubbock to visit parents it was
[speaker002:] to what
[speaker001:] the last one was back down to Lubbock Texas to visit family
[speaker002:] uh-huh yeah uh
[speaker001:] but that's not the tradition for us
[speaker002:] oh yeah what's your out of the out of the state type where do you like to go
[speaker001:] uh we enjoyed Yellowstone real well last year
[speaker002:] really
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] what kind of uh vacation spots are there in Colorado
[speaker001:] oh Rocky Mountain National Park
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] 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
[speaker002:] 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
[speaker001:] oh it's
[speaker002:] got to see Pike's Peak
[speaker001:] yeah we usually try and drive up there oh once every year or two
[speaker002:] you drive by yourself up there
[speaker001:] sure
[speaker002:] oh wow
[speaker001:] to the top the of the peak sure
[speaker002:] oh that's tough I don't I don't think I could do that
[speaker001:] oh it's not bad at all it's it's a beautiful drive
[speaker002:] oh
[speaker001:] now I admit up there the altitude is kind of interesting
[speaker002:] yeah yeah
[speaker001:] you know you get a little lightheaded and giddy but it's fun you know take along a picnic lunch and
[speaker002:] sure is pretty up there
[speaker001:] oh we love it
[speaker002:] you have mountains all around you
[speaker001:] uh no they're only to the east uh I mean to the west of us
[speaker002:] where you live uh-huh
[speaker001:] 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
[speaker002:] wow that's neat I'm jealous there's hills in Texas
[speaker001:] yeah well I enjoy hills in Texas too I've been in Sherman
[speaker002:] have you ever been out of the United States for uh vacation
[speaker001:] no I haven't you
[speaker002:] or business
[speaker001:] uh once to Mexico City but just a little day thing on business
[speaker002:] uh uh-huh I went to uh the Bahamas last year on a cruise for my honeymoon
[speaker001:] uh that's nice
[speaker002:] 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
[speaker001:] did you enjoy it
[speaker002:] what
[speaker001:] did you enjoy it
[speaker002:] yeah it was great
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] it was really pretty down there
[speaker001:] uh uh got to eat some different kinds of foods and meet people from a different culture and
[speaker002:] 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
[speaker001:] oh huh
[speaker002:] they had been to Disneyland and it was neat to meet different people
[speaker001:] so the place that I went that we've gone on vacation that I think I enjoyed the most
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] was Seattle
[speaker002:] oh really I've heard it's really pretty up there
[speaker001:] well we uh was two years ago
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] we went during the drought I'm sorry three years ago it had been dry for a whole week
[speaker002:] oh oh wow
[speaker001:] it didn't rain for a whole week
[speaker002:] yeah that would have been nice that would have been best time to go
[speaker001:] 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
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] uh it was wonderful uh the Pacific Science Museum the little girl really enjoyed it's very interesting
[speaker002:] Pacific Sites
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] really
[speaker001:] yes it was it was super and uh went to the Seattle Aquarium
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] 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
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and the bay is circulating over your head and you
[speaker002:] oh wow
[speaker001:] you can watch the fish swim by and sharks oh it's
[speaker002:] oh neat
[speaker001:] yeah and then there's walrus and sea lion and porpoises and oh it's it's amazing
[speaker002:] that's the vacation you recommend huh
[speaker001:] oh absolutely
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] without a doubt Seattle is beautiful and the mountains the mountains to the east of Seattle
[speaker002:] yeah I've heard it is uh-huh
[speaker001:] are just incredible
[speaker002:] really
[speaker001:] I rode a ferry for the first time in my life
[speaker002:] oh wow
[speaker001:] you know up there you go from the mainland to a whole bunch of islands around there by ferry
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] 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
[speaker002:] oh
[speaker001:] or coffee or whatever depending on the time of day
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] it's amazing
[speaker002:] and your car is on a ferry and it goes across with you
[speaker001:] yes yes
[speaker002:] that's really neat
[speaker001:] yeah yeah and there are people literally that everyday take the ferry you know and drive on to it yeah
[speaker002:] to work
[speaker001:] live on an island off off shore from Seattle
[speaker002:] huh that's really wild
[speaker001:] and you uh everyday they drive on the ferry they go upstairs and have their morning coffee
[speaker002:] huh
[speaker001:] take for the twenty to hour and ten minutes that it takes to get across and you know depending on where it is
[speaker002:] hour and ten minutes
[speaker001:] well in some places you know in some areas you know depends on how far they are commuting
[speaker002:] yeah that's really interesting
[speaker001:] oh it it's strict I'm I'm a West Texan
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] out there in the land of no water
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] 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
[speaker002:] 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
[speaker001:] oh Galveston
[speaker002:] Galveston
[speaker001:] 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
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] 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
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] real well of course you haven't lived until you have been to San Antone to the uh to the Alamo
[speaker002:] yeah Boardwalk and all that
[speaker001:] yeah the river walk oh it's
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] 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
[speaker002:] I've heard it's really pretty
[speaker001:] and of course always when I lived in West Texas had to annually go down to San Antone just
[speaker002:] really
[speaker001:] yeah and go to uh Lone Star and uh you know make my annual pilgrimage to the Lone Star Brewery and
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] 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
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] out there in West Texas
[speaker002:] down by Big Bend what's that
[speaker001:] yeah yeah uh now the right time of year to go there is in the middle of winter
[speaker002:] okay
[speaker001:] because there's a beauty to the desert that it can most be it can best be appreciated when you are not burning up
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] you know whenever you've been kind of cold where you are at it's most enjoyable to get you know to get warm
[speaker002:] um uh-huh
[speaker001:] 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
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] and uh and uh Austin is neat for for an occasional visit
[speaker002:] I've heard to go to Austin too a lot people say to go down there
[speaker001:] yeah yeah it's a fun few days uh
[speaker002:] what's there to see in Austin
[speaker001:] oh UT is real pretty
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] 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
[speaker002:] but uh
[speaker001:] you know find out when they are holding the petroleum fair uh