Out of Office Auto Reply : On Vacation!
It felt as if it never would come. But right as rain (do people still use that phrase?), it’s finally here: Jeff’s 2008 Vacation.
Unlike last year, I didn’t break my leg two days before my big vacation (knock on wood, there’s still 12 hours left).
But this year’s break will be much different and more work than last year’s.
Tomorrow, I fly to Missouri with Brother #2 to meet up with Brother #3 who’s graduating from college with a degree in Criminal Justice. Shortly after the ceremony, Brother #2 and #3 and I will partake in many fine spirits while we move Brother #3’s crap out of his suburban St. Louis house.
Then the three Wilson Brothers will depart Missouri on what I hope will be an epic, college-style, I’m-31-years-old-but-still-feel-23 type road trip across these great United States of America. Papa Wilson is footing the gas bill. 
We’ve planned stops in KC, Denver, Las Vegas (who could forget Las Vegas?) and finally home sometime late next week. Or we may decide we want to tour Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arizona (and Vegas of course). I don’t know exactly how we’re going to get home, and I don’t really care. I’m not even going to bring a GPS device or an old-fashioned paper map. I know which way west is, and us young men will go that way.
Along the way, there’s talk of stopping at a few National Parks, roadside curios, redneck watering holes, hot springs, ghost towns, mining towns, rodeos, carnivals, and so on. We’re also going to meet with Midwestern relatives at various places along the way, so it should be a fun time.
As much as I love the SCV, it’s going to be good to get away from it for awhile. I’ve got a bunch of stories in the queue on this website but I’ve lacked motivation to finish them lately. I don’t know that I deserve the lofty title of “writer,” but I know I’ve got that symptom known as “writer’s block.” So maybe our great road trip will bring some new perspectives on life and shake the cobwebs off my creative side.
Anyway, there’s no one else on the SCVTalk staff to take over the Daily Brief or write other SCV-centric content while I’m gone, so don’t expect this website to be updated much, if at all. If I do get internet access along the way, I may post pictures and stories from the road.
I’ll be back. See you on May 27!
- Jeff
you left barbecue of the list, that’s a shame
enjoy the heartland! should be a great trip.
When you come back bring WATER,WATER WATER! we will all be parched without our daily SCV Talk!
Have a great time Jeff and dare I NOT say “break A Leg”
God Bless The Bank of Dad!
E-mail from my Brother this morning:
Isn’t it funny. You watch the news everyday and once in a great while there is no bad news. Today is one of those days…
You should rent the movie “Fandango” for laughs before you go!
Enjoy
trees falling, fires burning, wind blowing… I miss the daily brief
let’s hope jeff didn’t get lost
there’s also tacos to discuss
Speaking of tacos, check this out:
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=axxooGIgOKs
that’s really funny!
Whoa! Here’s another humorous video, but focused more locally, that seems to be gettin’ around:
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=AY-6nKJkWS8
WILL WE REMEMBER?
Who will we remember,
On Memorial Day, this year?
The list grows longer every day
With names of loved ones lost, no longer here.
Will we remember one of the daring Doughboys,
Who perished in a muddy, gas-filled trench?
One of a hundred thousand who did not return,
We sent him “Over There”, to help the French.
Will we recall our heroes of World War II?
They fought in many lands, in the air, at sea.
Nearly half a million gave up their lives,
To keep us safe and free from tyranny.
Will we remember Korea, “The Forgotten War”,
And the Soldier who died taking Pork Chop Hill?
One of tens of thousands who paid the price;
And one of the many who are missing still.
Will we remember just one special name,
One of those engraved on that cold black wall?
One of over fifty thousand gallant souls,
Who in South Vietnam did bravely fight… and fall.
Will we recall that dreadful, grim September day,
The day the Towers fell and thousands died?
The day that terrorism showed its ugly face,
The day that Lady Liberty bowed her head… and cried.
Will we remember those lost most recently,
In the Afghan hills, on Middle Eastern sands?
Our troops protect our freedom and our way of life,
As they fight and die in foreign lands.
Will we remember them?
We will remember them, each and every one,