Red Rocks State Park, Nevada
John: OK, we’ll meet you at the rugby pitch before 10.
Andrew: Sounds good. See you tomorrow.
Shelley: Wait! Andrew! This is your mom.
Andrew: Hello mother.
Shelley: Stop saying, “Hello mother.” I know it’s a line straight out of “Psycho.” I also know that Norman kills his mother in that movie.
Andrew: And your point??
Everyone: Oh! Ha! Ha! Ha!
Shelley: Guess what we did today?
Andrew: You went biking?
Shelley: God no. My bum’s still too sore. We climbed at Red Rocks,
then hiked along a ridge that over looked Las Vegas,
I’m pointing to Andrew’s hotel, The Hard Rock on Las Vegas’ famous strip.
and then our fifth wheel batteries died.
A two hour wait at McDonalds, while we waited for our batteries to charge.
Imagine no heat in the desert night. As Grandpa would say,
“It was colder than a witch’s tittie.”
Andrew: Wow.
Shelley: For the first time on this entire trip, (148 days) I finally sat by the fire. Good thing my wine didn’t freeze as I would have lost it. Better bring warm clothes for the nights.
Andrew: Done. Gotta run! See you in one sleep.
Shelley: Wait!!! You haven’t told me a story that will make me laugh.
Andrew: I’ve got one. You know how Ash likes to keep the apartment clean and tidy? Which I do appreciate by the way.
Shelley: Yes.
Andrew: The other night, I pulled the coffee table close to the couch so I could work on my computer. And as I was typing, Ash dragged it back to the middle of the room.
Shelley: As you were typing?
Andrew: As I was typing.
Everyone: Oh! Ha! Ha! Ha!
Oh those newlyweds!
Andrew: Your turn.
Shelley: Yesterday, dad was on the phone with Verizon getting more and more frustrated. He just couldn’t understand how we could be billed on the 15th of every month, if the billing cycle didn’t end until the 20th. Finally, the Verizon operator became so exasperated with dad, she called him, “Dude.” as in,
“Dude. You’ve got to stop interrupting me and let me finish.”
Andrew: She called dad, “Dude?”
Shelley: Yes.
Andrew: Aren’t those conversations usually recorded?
Shelley: Yes… Dude. Hee. Hee. Hee.
Andrew: Ha! Ha! Ha! Dude.
Andrew and Shelley: Dude! Oh! Ha! Ha! Ha!… Dude? Dude…. Oh! Ha! Ha! Ha!
Shelley: Hee! Hee! Hee! Funny, right, Dude?
Andrew: Right, Dude. Heh. Heh. Heh. OK. That’s enough. Time to go… Dude! Heh. Heh. Heh.
Andrew and Shelley: Dude! Oh! Ha! Ha! Ha! Dude? Dude! Oh! Ha! Ha! Ha!
Shelley: You’re right. Hang up… Dude! Mmmmpphhhh. Hee. Hee. Hee.
Andrew and Shelley: Dude! Oh! Ha! Ha! Ha! Dude? Dude! Oh! Ha! Ha! Ha! Dude! Oh! Ha! Ha! Ha!
Shelley: Dude! No!
Andrew: Yes! Dude!
Andrew and Shelley: Oh Jesus! Dude! Oh! Ha! Ha! Ha! Dude! Oh! Ha! Ha! Ha! Dude! Oh! Ha! Ha! Ha!
Shelley:… Oh my God! We have to end this. Call me when you land!!! On three. Ready?!
Andrew and Shelley:
One.
Two.
Three.
……….. Dude! Oh! Ha! Ha! Ha!…
Click.
Shelley and John
Honey Did you See That? 
Yes, Ash may look like me but she does have a lot of her dad in her….. I mean, I do not see any point in making the bed if no one’s visiting….right? But he has to every freakin day- what’s up with that?
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She does look like you. Andrew said at 3:00 in the morning as she is waiting to take Andrew to the airport, Ash was tidying. WT???
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Oh my goodness! Too funny!
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Right? Dude? Oh Ha! Ha! Ha!
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Can’t you just see the verizon operator saying that?! Ha ha
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Deb, Dude. It was really that funny. Later on that day, John was called “Honey” by a RV park operator.
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I’m so hoping the park operator was female…
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Ha! Ha! Yes.
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I thought I should’ve worded that differently as soon as I hit the comment button! (Red face here) New name now, Dude, Honey? Haha!
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Dude. 🙂
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It would be so much fun to have the kids together, again! With all of us ‘chaperoning’! Just wondering about that photo of John with ‘smoke’ rising behind him??? ;D
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How fun would that be?? I’ll let John explain the smoke. He’ll probably say it was from all the jets passing over. Wink.
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Dude… you clearly have way too much fun
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Dude. We do. Today we were sharing with other rugby coaches some crazy family stories. Seriously too funny!
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Oh Dude! Somehow, John does not fit the image of a “dude”! He’s too much of a gentleman! FYI, how’s his knee booboo?!!
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Lynn. Dude. Oh Oh. Starting to laugh. His boo boo is still bleeding on my new sheets. But thanks to Oxyclean, we might be OK. Thanks for asking, Dude. Hee!
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Dude, that’s awesome! Just knarly, dude! Oh, and, dude, watch your step!
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Dude.
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2 hours at McDonalds. I guess there are worse things that could have happened – as long as they had free wi-fi, right? You look like quite the “Dudette” climbing there!
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Dude. McDonalds wasn’t too bad. Hot chocolate 9/10. Tea 1/10 Grilled chicken… edible. 🙂 The climbing in Red Rocks is pretty crazy. Over 2000 routes. Something for all levels. Love it!!!
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You are out of control.
Dude.
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Dude.
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To think I just got back from four days in LA and not once did I hear someone say “Dude.” Then I return home and voila! I get my dude quota (quota? 🙂 ) filled. So does this make you Dudette?
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Dude, I am a dudette for sure!! 🙂
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Oh, that is priceless, Dude and Honey in the same day!!!! ROFL! You seriously do have an awful lot of fun, since too much fun is not possible.
And Dude, I can assure you, that is NOT in the scripts for call center agents. 😀
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Thanks. Mission accomplished. He has such a contagious giggle. John just rolls his eyes at us!
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HAHA! Guilty!! Did he really say: “Which I do appreciate by the way” or did you add the last part in?
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He definitely said that. One day I’ll tell you about my 9 month pregnant friend who decided to vacuum during the last minute of a NHL game. It didn’t go to well. 🙂
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OMG… lol
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