I went on vacation with my family this last week to Central/Southern Utah. The five of us--myself, my dad, my stepmom Sheila, Marjaan, and Anthony--piled in the truck and drove to Boulder Utah.
Boulder is an unusual place. It's surrounded by a dense forest inhabited by wild deer and even wilder cows. But once you pull into Boulder you're surrounded by canyon lands. We stayed in a little motel called Pole's Place. It was named after the owner's pa, Eugene Napolean Bonaparte Griffin.
We went to a restaraunt in town for dinner, where, as soon as we walked in, my sister and I couldn't help but notice the beautiful host behind the counter. He was dark and exotic, with bright turquoise eyes. My family has a habit of making friends with servers when we go out to eat, and we soon learned he was from Istanbul. My brother and sister spoke a little Arabic with him, and we spent a lot of the drive the next day debating why on earth a man from Istanbul would end up in Boulder Utah.
That brings me to my next topic: my family is pretty good at coming up with our own entertainment. That's why trips to Central Utah are perfect for us. Low cost, lots of opportunity for creating our own adventure, and of course, time to spend together, making fun of each other, acting crazy, and being stupid.
My little brother, at one point, picked up a bug (I have no idea what it was,) put it on a stick, and carried it around on our long walk to the only grocery store in town, which was, of course, closed. He named the bug Jeremy and thus began our list; The Top Ten Reasons You Belong In Boulder, Utah. They're all mostly inside jokes, but hopefully they're still amusing.
10- You become attached to a bug-on-a-stick.
9-You make up songs about local cuisine.
8-You think hiking upstream in a river sounds like a fun Friday activity.
7-You derive endless entertainment from watching an entire town drive by at 55 miles per hour while you're parked on the side of the highway.
6-You like to stick french fries in your ears and other people's toes.
5-You make noises that will one day cause others to ban you from polite society.
4-Upon finding yourself in Lake Powell, you then proceed to break apart the sandstone and smear it all over your face and arms. (That one belongs to me.)
3-You have tasted both Pickle and Pinto Bean Pie.
2-You have to wash your hair with soap.
1-You vacation there. For fun.
Yes, my family did all of this and more on our trip. Crazy hikes, long drives, animal harrassments, film festivals, and all-around tom foolery.
I love us.
What sort of film festivals did you encounter in the Boulder region? The Istanbul guy sounds cute, but he did end up in a very odd place. Sounds like you had fun.
ReplyDeleteIt was the Bicknell "International" Film Festival. Every year for the last fifteen years the towns of Torrey and Bicknell get together, pick a theme, dress up, have a 55 mile per hour parade on the highway between Bicknell and Torrey, then watch awful B movies in the only theater in Bicknell. There's costume contests, jokes, and just a plain old good time. It was so fun. Everyone in town was there, dressed up. People of all ages. Bicknell is also famous for their Pickle Pie and Pinto Bean Pie. We tasted them, they were actually pretty good.
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