The three of us haven\u2019t taken a road trip together in over 50 years\u2014since Craig (then 15) and I (13) traveled to see our brother Bobby (19) at his summer job in Arizona.<\/p>\n
Bob, who was working as a tour guide at Grand Canyon Caverns near Kingman, had invited us to see the caves and meet his newly minted fianc\u00e9e, Adrianna.<\/p>\n
I guess he invited us. It\u2019s just as likely our parents put us on that westbound Greyhound in Amarillo to get some peace and quiet.<\/p>\n
Anyway, our journey began on an early morning in early August, and before we returned, we would have experienced our first overnight stay in a bus terminal (the thing broke down in Gallup), our first sight of the Pacific Ocean (a 20 hour suicide run where we parked Bob\u2019s \u201961 Chevelle Super Sport beside a busy California Highway 1, jaywalked to the beach, shed socks and shoes and waded into the not-so-ideal surf at Long Beach), and our first experience hitchhiking (a Havasupai Indian in a new Cadillac took us the 10 miles from the bus terminal in Peach Springs to the Route 66 attraction of Grand Canyon Caverns).<\/p>\n
It\u2019s only the three of us now. Mom and Dad or gone, as is little sister D\u2019Lynne. So Bob, who lives in Lubbock, and I decided in the Spring to invite Craig to travel from his home in Omaha, and spend a few days together in our old family vacation spots in northern New Mexico.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll pick him up later this afternoon at the airport in Albuquerque. Will let you know how it turns out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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