The other night, grandpa Clark came over for dinner and as we were laughing and talking about the good times it made me think back to the trip to Colorado. I began thinking about the drive home! We had the opportunity to ride with grandma, grandpa, and Topper and it was quite the experience. The first of the trip was great, sitting in the backseat was Dustin, me in the middle and grandma on the other side of me. Grandma and I spent most of this part of the trip talking about her childhood and old times in her life and in between she would fall asleep on my shoulder while I slept on the top of her head!!!
Then, we stopped at a gas station to get gas and to look for a snack. Grandma got an ice cream and got in line with us realizing grandpa was outside and she had no money! She asked Dustin if he would buy it for her. When we got out to the car she opened it and just gasped! The ice cream in the middle of the cookie was melted! She made grandpa, who was about to pull out of the station turn around and go back. She said, "why are they selling ice cream if they don't have a fridge cold enough to keep ice cream frozen, this cost almost two dollars!!" (we didn't think two dollars was much to pay for it!!!) Then she began getting out and grandpa asked if she wanted him to go with her and she said, "I don't think you want to be there when I talk to the clerk," we all laughed because we didn't really believe she was that mean! Then she said, "if I am not back in ten minutes come and find me!" She came out to the car a couple minutes later and tried giving Dustin back his money and he told her no and she tossed the $1.78 in Dustin's lap. She said, "they told me I could get another one and trade it but they were all melted!"
Incident number two: I had no idea grandpa had dentures!!!
This was the experience of a lifetime! Grandpa is now sitting in the back seat next to me, the bag of licorice comes out, and grandpa begins eating it. So we are driving and I am chowing down some black licorice that he gave me. Dustin and I were talking for a minute and at that perfect moment, I turn my head just in time to see grandpa pop out his teeth and start licking the leftover licorice pieces from them! I about died!!! I turn to Dustin and said, "YOUR GRANDPA HAS DENTURES?!?!" Dustin told me the story, I got over the shock, grandpa puts his teeth back in and everything was good, for a little while that is. It was good until the licorice began disappearing from the bag again and the teeth were being cleaned in an unconventional way and I was not sure what to do! This happened three or four times. Then he told us the story of getting knocked in the mouth by a bull and that was why he lost his teeth and then he fell asleep! During this trip I learned grandpa clark has dentures, grandma really liked her treats, and Topper drives really slow! Despite the long drive, the shock of dentures and melted ice cream. This was the best car ride I have ever been on! It was priceless!! Dustin and I will never forget that car ride and the memories that were made that day. I am very grateful to have had that time to share Grandma's memories that she loved to tell stories of and I loved listening to them. We will miss her very much but we know we will be together again. She just got an invitation to a party that we weren't invited to and it is hard to be left out.
Then, we stopped at a gas station to get gas and to look for a snack. Grandma got an ice cream and got in line with us realizing grandpa was outside and she had no money! She asked Dustin if he would buy it for her. When we got out to the car she opened it and just gasped! The ice cream in the middle of the cookie was melted! She made grandpa, who was about to pull out of the station turn around and go back. She said, "why are they selling ice cream if they don't have a fridge cold enough to keep ice cream frozen, this cost almost two dollars!!" (we didn't think two dollars was much to pay for it!!!) Then she began getting out and grandpa asked if she wanted him to go with her and she said, "I don't think you want to be there when I talk to the clerk," we all laughed because we didn't really believe she was that mean! Then she said, "if I am not back in ten minutes come and find me!" She came out to the car a couple minutes later and tried giving Dustin back his money and he told her no and she tossed the $1.78 in Dustin's lap. She said, "they told me I could get another one and trade it but they were all melted!"
Incident number two: I had no idea grandpa had dentures!!!
This was the experience of a lifetime! Grandpa is now sitting in the back seat next to me, the bag of licorice comes out, and grandpa begins eating it. So we are driving and I am chowing down some black licorice that he gave me. Dustin and I were talking for a minute and at that perfect moment, I turn my head just in time to see grandpa pop out his teeth and start licking the leftover licorice pieces from them! I about died!!! I turn to Dustin and said, "YOUR GRANDPA HAS DENTURES?!?!" Dustin told me the story, I got over the shock, grandpa puts his teeth back in and everything was good, for a little while that is. It was good until the licorice began disappearing from the bag again and the teeth were being cleaned in an unconventional way and I was not sure what to do! This happened three or four times. Then he told us the story of getting knocked in the mouth by a bull and that was why he lost his teeth and then he fell asleep! During this trip I learned grandpa clark has dentures, grandma really liked her treats, and Topper drives really slow! Despite the long drive, the shock of dentures and melted ice cream. This was the best car ride I have ever been on! It was priceless!! Dustin and I will never forget that car ride and the memories that were made that day. I am very grateful to have had that time to share Grandma's memories that she loved to tell stories of and I loved listening to them. We will miss her very much but we know we will be together again. She just got an invitation to a party that we weren't invited to and it is hard to be left out.
