It was a dream of Grand's to see the Grand Canyon. When I was around junior high school age my dad hung a huge map of the United States on the wall in our den. Now if any of you know my mother this did not sit well w/her. This atrocious map was wreaking havoc on her decor. There are some things my mom prides herself on. 1. Never being seen w/o make-up on and 2. Having a place for everything in her house. So you can imagine that giant pastel colored paper map hanging on her wall was not well received. However, she allowed it to stay, maybe b/c she knew just how much my dad wanted to see the Grand Canyon. Over the course of the next few years my dad would find out about some off the beaten path location that we were just going to have to stop and see on our way to the Grand Canyon. He would add a push pin to the map. Before long there was more push pins than there are states. That became an adventure in itself. Unfortunately that trip never happened, finances, timing, nothing worked out so instead we would just take our annual family vacation to Myrtle Beach (which in no way I'm complaining about). After retiring Grand took a part time job driving for a company that made express deliveries. I do believe this was his dream job. He actually said it wasn't a job b/c jobs are no fun. This was him having fun. He got to travel the states while getting paid. Him and his brother (Uncle Corky) would do team runs every now & then. Some of their adventures lead them to Niagara Falls, Canada, Oregon (they kissed the ground when they returned from this one), the Rio Grande (which my dad was disappointed in), NYC & many more but never near the Grand Canyon, until Dec. 2010. Him & Uncle Corky got a call saying some tires needed to be delivered asap to...Las Vegas. Viva Las Vegas! So they headed out. I remember very distinctively calling him and saying "Where you at?"
His reply " On the way to Las Vegas."
Me: "Huh? The real Las Vegas?!"
Him: " Is there a fake one I don't know about. Yes, Sweetface The Real Las Vegas."
Me: "Ok have fun. Don't gamble my inheritence away."
Him: "Well ok, I guess I won't."
I believe he ended up spending $36.00, there went my inheritence. :) Well being the adventurers they are, they figured since they're this close they should head over to the Grand Canyon. Who knows if they'll ever be that close again. Pretty amazing, from what I was told. I remember while he was on his trip my phone rang and his name showed up on the screen. I was in the middle of feeding/trying to get Kai to sleep so I just let it go to voicemail. Later when I listened to the message I could hear the excitement in his voice. He said "Hey Sweetface, its Me, Dad and I'm at the edge of the Grand Canyon. Kiss, Love, Hug." Oh how I wish I would have saved that message. Once my dad was in the hospital he told the doctor "Doc, theres 2 things everyone should do w/their lives. Number 1 give their heart's to Jesus and Number 2 go see the Grand Canyon." Well my dad achieved both! I couldn't be more happy. He finally got to see one of God's greastest creations and now he is dwelling IN God's greastest creation WITH God's greatest creation, Jesus Christ. The following pictures were taken by my dad on his trip to the Grand Canyon.
No comments:
Post a Comment