[speaker001:] So, the topic is vacations?
[speaker002:] Alright, that's a good, that's a good topic, huh? [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] I think so. I enjoy them.
[speaker002:] Where did you go on your last vacation?
[speaker001:] Uh, the last was back down to Lubbock to visit parents. It was,
[speaker002:] What?
[speaker001:] The last one was back down to Lubbock, Texas,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh, yeah.
[speaker001:] to visit family.
[speaker002:] 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 Yellow Stone 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 [LAUGHTER].
[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 [pause] 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:] 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 [LAUGHTER]. 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-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 out of 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, 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 [pause] sat at our table every meal was from London,
[speaker001:] Oh.
[speaker002:] 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:] 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.
[speaker002:] Oh.
[speaker001:] I'm sorry, three years ago. It had been dry for a whole week.
[speaker002:] Oh, wow.
[speaker001:] It didn't rain for a whole week.
[speaker002:] Yeah [LAUGHTER], 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 [pause] very interesting.
[speaker002:] Pacific Science?
[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 [pause] 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:] and you can watch the fish swim by and sharks and oh it's,
[speaker002:] Oh, neat.
[speaker001:] Yeah, and then there's walrus and sea lion and porpoises, and oh, it's,
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] 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,
[speaker002:] Yeah, I've heard it is.
[speaker001:] the mountains to the east of Seattle,
[speaker002:] 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, [pause] 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?
[speaker001:] Yes.
[speaker002:] And it goes across with you?
[speaker001:] Yes.
[speaker002:] That's really neat.
[speaker001:] Yeah, yeah. And there are people, literally that everyday, take the ferry, you know, and drive,
[speaker002:] To work?
[speaker001:] on to it, yeah, live on an island off, off shore from Seattle.
[speaker002:] 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:] [LAUGHTER] Hour and ten minutes?
[speaker001:] Well, in some places, you know,
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] in some areas, you know, depends on how far they are commuting.
[speaker002:] 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, 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, [pause] there's, uh, one of the areas down there close to Galveston is, I forget the name of the island,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] 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,
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] to the Alamo.
[speaker002:] 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. *should be slash unit
[speaker002:] Yeah [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Uh, El Paso is kind of neat in kind of a funny way. *should be slash unit 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?
[speaker001:] Yeah, yeah. Uh, now the right time of year to go there is in the middle of winter,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] because, [pause] 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,
[speaker002:] Um.
[speaker001:] to get, you know, to get warm.
[speaker002:] 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, 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, U T 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, [ringing] I would say definitely go see that part and, uh, I'd say go to, uh, Midland once, just for the heck of it.
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] I don't know why, exactly.
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] But, uh, you know, find out when they are holding [pause] the petroleum fair, uh,