This is just not worth it… A voice from the back seat had the audacity to articulate the swarm of
fears inside each of us. ... Not worth at all. If we really wanted to experience Grand Canyon, we
could have done it in an air-conditioned IMAX theater…
Yea! IMAX would be much better…
The alliance was formed and the mutiny was catching on.
The under-normal-circumstances totally outlandish idea of a U-turn just as Grand Canyon was not hours but literally minutes away ....
...the laughable temptation to go back to miserly creature comforts of the hotel pool and air-conditioning was becoming incredibly alluring as the prospect of hellish heat was becoming more real also.
Something had to be done before this gets seriously out of hand.
The under-normal-circumstances totally outlandish idea of a U-turn just as Grand Canyon was not hours but literally minutes away ....
...the laughable temptation to go back to miserly creature comforts of the hotel pool and air-conditioning was becoming incredibly alluring as the prospect of hellish heat was becoming more real also.
Something had to be done before this gets seriously out of hand.
C’mmon guys… IMAX? Really…??? It’s GRAND CANYON for Heaven's sake… My
feeble protest revealed way too much of my own qualm over the situation.
We rode on in silence, each of us visualizing our own version of a
perfect day in hell.
Well…, I finally interrupted the derailing train of my own thoughts, …. we don’t have to stay long. If it’s THAT miserable, we’ll just
leave. There. No need to kill ourselves over Grand Canyonee. We can pop in for a
couple of hours at the most and see how it goes…
I understand this was pretty lame for a Grand Canyon pep-talk but in the moment I couldn't scrounge anything better.
Plus, I’ve always found great solace in the knowledge that there is a time limit to hell on Earth. And perhaps even greater solace in the possibility of setting the timer myself and having an option to bow out of it when staying any further would only threaten to turn into uncalled-for martyrdom.
I understand this was pretty lame for a Grand Canyon pep-talk but in the moment I couldn't scrounge anything better.Plus, I’ve always found great solace in the knowledge that there is a time limit to hell on Earth. And perhaps even greater solace in the possibility of setting the timer myself and having an option to bow out of it when staying any further would only threaten to turn into uncalled-for martyrdom.
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