Colorado 1984

I chose to talk about my trip to Colorado because of the picture I put at the top of this blog.  That picture was taken on the train ride up to Pike’s Peak.  I didn’t know that my mother was taken that picture and didn’t even find out until she had her photos printed.  I know by looking at the picture that I was in my own little world at that moment, most likely looking at the goats on the mountains, since that is the only thing I remember about the ride up or down.

Ok so what do I remember from my trip up there.  There are many things really but the one thing that does stand out in my mind is of my grandmother.  She was with us on the trip and let’s just say, she made the trip more enjoyable, for me at least.

One morning gram was having issues with her bowel movements and needed to get something for it.  Mom was annoyed and took her time getting something for her.  Gram seemed to get on my mother’s nerves quite often, hence the reason I said that gram was what made the trip more enjoyable, at least for me anyways.

So we go to a restaurant and eat and gram is still complaining, so mom takes her to the drug store where she can buy Pepto.  They bag her Pepto in a small brown paper bag.  We get outside and gram takes off the top of the Pepto, still leaving the bottle fully covered, and takes a swig as if she is drinking whiskey or something like that.  That is funny on its own if you were there, you know seeing an older lady taking a long swig from a bottle in a brown paper bag. What made this even funnier though was after she was done, she had a pink ring around her mouth.  Guess you had to be there.

I think another thing I should add to this short story is the fact that my mother was all about appearance.  She was constantly worried about how other people perceived her and the people with her.  Me on the other hand, didn’t give two s&*ts about what others thought.  I did however laugh to myself whenever my mother got embarrassed from things that were not worth getting embarrassed about.  Actually for the most part, no one cared about what we were doing.

As far as the rest of the vacation went, I remember that I loved the scenery of both Colorado Springs and the other area we had visited.  I remember I really enjoyed the long drive from one place to the other, because of the view.  I remember also wanting to leave New Jersey and move there as soon as I could.

I will try to post a picture with my blogs, but today there is no need since I have the one at the top to go with this one.