We just returned from our big road trip from east coast to the midwest. An amazing journey, a trip I’ll remember with joy for the rest of my life. We met many interesting characters, from the “sturgis” motorcycle crowd to cowboys and travellers from all over the world who rented motor homes to tour “cowboy country”. One person who really caught our interest was a cowboy in Wyoming, working on a huge horse ranch. They had rodeo horses and riders and gave trail rides thru the mountains which we took part in. This guy was either Indian or Pakistani (my husband thought paki) but unfortunately he went out on the trail ride before ours so we didnt get to chat. But thats not really something you’d expect to see right? He was all decked out in boots, spurs, chaps, marlboro dangling out the side of his mouth lol! The trail ride itself was an adventure - my hubby’s horse bit mine in the butt and my horse galloped away bucking. I wanted to get off and walk back but couldnt because I wanted to stick with my boyz. Otherwise it was gorgeous ride thru the mountains and the boyz had the time of their lives. Almost better than meeting our camp neighbors, the sturgis motorcycle people who let our boyz sit on their huge “hog” for photos. Or meeting “the REAL Jessie” (the cowgirl from Toy Story 2" - the boyz were convinced that it was really her at another ranch we rode at. The truckers on the road, they were SO nice. Not only blowing their air horns for the boys but watching out for us too.
An amazing trip, this is a truly amazing country with so many amazing and caring people. If you find yourself getting down about how things are here - I strongly recommend a road trip!
lol! but no, he was a real cowboy with all the mannerisms, no exaggerations and just naturally fitting in, he was one cool dude. We got a good photo of him will try to post it later.
asnyways we made qeema of mama's thread. sorry mamaof3
you are right, roadtrips rock, i am waiting for the kids to be old nuff to understand my threats before I go on roadtrips.
One still has to be careful about people they run into, unfortunately there are many bad people and one lapse in judgement from one's side and one can be in harms way or can put loved ones in harms way.
I am a believer in general goodness of people, but go by the rule of trust but verify :)
Thats ok, its been amusing! yes I agree about being careful. Even so, you meet lovely people even if just in passing.
Something that helped our boys enormously with all the driving was a compact dvd player that fit between the front seats...when boys got tired of the scenery, they'd watch a movie. That was the best 100 bux we spent for the trip! They also got to sit in Dad's lap and "drive" on deserted dirt roads when we went off-roading in the deserts of Utah! After that, were so interested in the driving aspect of the trip and had all kinds of driving advice and commentary!