Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for June 19, 2018

Darlene goes on: “With or without you, Jonathan, but preferably without you.”

Jonathan has doubled up creases from poor ironing. Doncha hate it when that happens?

I’ll bet they have this conversation about thirty times per day.

Will he put a damper on her plans? They should take in Zion and Bryce canyons as well. Plenty of great canyons. Its a deep subject.

https://youtu.be/ywL3ZkpAhwc

The new restaurant in town.

“And if you’ll describe the whereabouts of this ‘Grand Canyon, dear, perhaps I’ll come along.”

The gift shops will leave you speechless

and broke.

It’s no Disneyland.

When these kinds of ideas crop up ( which they do with frequency ) with my First Maite, I find it best to smile pleasantly, with a attentive and knowledgeable nod of the head, say absolutely nothing, and pray that eventually, the delusion will pass.

Jonathan sighs, {"she always starts this right after Sunrise…"}

“Take plenty of pictures of the Painted Desert, dear. I’ll be back here On the Trail of some lunch.”

{"She’ll be back around Sunset, and then will come the Cloudburst…"}

And the (only) correct response is………….yes dear. Repeat

Been there, done that.

I hope she’s not going with Eileen Dover…

I thought only going to Disney World would have that reaction.

While she is getting ready he needs to start digging in the back yard. That canyon won’t dig itself.

Darlene enjoys her daily virtual reality sessions, but Jonathan is concerned that she doesn’t have the equipment.