So, for my birthday a friend bought me a book of writing prompts – 300 to be exact. So Mike and I decided it would be fun to go through and do these together.
There are a few rules:
1. It’s time restrained – 7 minutes
2. You can’t look at the prompt until you’re ready to type
3. You have to stop, even mid-sentence, when the timer goes off
4. No edits after the timer
Prompt: What is the best road trip or vacation you have ever taken? Who was there? Where did you go? What did you see along the way?
Ace:
I don’t even know. I feel like it would be cheating if I picked the road trip that moved us from Colorado to the District. No, that’s not the best one. The drive we took from Colorado to Yellowstone/Tetons/Glacier National Park was probably the best road trip and vacation. There were parts that went horribly wrong, and it wasn’t the trip that it was “supposed to be”, but it was a lot of fun.
So, who was there? Me and Mike.
Where’d we go? We drove north from Colorado Springs with the goal of Yellowstone National Park and Glacier National Park.
What did we see along the way? Well, I’ll tell you what we didn’t see, we didn’t see a bear. All I want is to see a bear in the wild. Until then, they don’t exist, the ones in the zoo are fake.
Yellowstone was more beautiful than I anticipated. The geysers were cool, but my favorite areas were the melting pot areas. I don’t remember what they were technically called, but I loved walking around the area and seeing all the awesome colors. It’s crazy what nature can do.
We hiked part of the Tetons, which was cool, the lake was awesome to just relax and stare at.
Glacier National Park…
Mike:
This is not a fair question since I have been on a ton of vacations with the love of my life and a few cool trips before we even met. I am excluding when we eloped, because although it was a vacation, and resulted in one of the best parts of my life; I don’t think it is fair to all the other trips we take.
I think the best vacation I’ve taken so far, excluding eloping with Kandace was hiking Kilimanjaro with Kandace in Tanzania. She got there a few weeks ahead of me to do medical missionary work, but she met me at the airport. The first morning while eating breakfast we watched zebras and monkeys while I sipped fresh coffee. We spent the next week hiking the mountain with 11 locals supporting our trip. We laughed a lot, shared some “personal moments,” and took in amazing views every day. After the hike we spent a few days at the compound she had been the previous weeks.
This is my top trip since I had the chance to spend time with a vibrant resilient culture for almost two weeks and we were active every day with some new experiences. I came home the right amount of tired and refreshed since it was a total disconnect from work…
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