| A few weeks ago my wife and I decided to go on | | | | hours. But this plan failed instantly when we arrived at |
| vacation to Colorado. We both wanted only to relax | | | | the truck. I suddenly recognized that my keys were |
| because the last few months at work were pretty | | | | locked inside. Since a few weeks ago, I had the habit |
| hard. So we just took our clothes with us, although | | | | of locking the doors manually without the key and it |
| we have a very great selection of good skis at | | | | was just a question of time when I would forget the |
| home and we are usually looking forward to use | | | | key in the truck. "But why did it have to happen here |
| them. But this time we just wanted to spend the | | | | in the middle of the highway?" I asked my lovely |
| days in bed or explore the well known restaurants in | | | | wife who was at this moment not that lovely |
| Colorado. | | | | anymore. Besides this disaster, it started raining a |
| We pulled out at five in the morning to get a good | | | | few seconds later so we needed shelter to avoid |
| apartment in one of the Hiltons, which hopefully was | | | | getting wet. Of course we went back to the |
| not booked. We have never booked any rooms for | | | | restaurant instantly but the owner of it had a habit |
| vacation because our experience taught us that doing | | | | that is weirder than mine. He decides spontaneously |
| this is more spontaneous. And in many cases you get | | | | when he wants to open or close his restaurant. And |
| even better room prices after negotiating with the | | | | unfortunately his free will makes him close the place |
| hotelier. Another advantage of those spontaneous | | | | after we left the first time. |
| vacations, where you have neither booked a room | | | | So we had to find another way to protect ourselves |
| nor a real destination, is the fact that you can change | | | | from the rain but we didn't have any options. So I |
| the place and move instantly after your arrival. No | | | | had to be creative. And without showing off, I was. I |
| hassle, no problems, just the chance to select your | | | | went to my truck, took out my truck bed mat and |
| vacation place easily and without any stress. | | | | used it as a kind of umbrella. And seriously it worked |
| But the reason why I want to tell you this story is | | | | perfectly. After ten minutes with this romantic |
| not the great selections of possible destinations. It | | | | atmosphere and the smell of rubber in the air, my |
| was the drive to Colorado itself, where I made a | | | | lovely wife recognized that she had a second key for |
| mistake I will hopefully never make again... | | | | the truck in her purse. I really love this woman but at |
| After three hours in our truck we wanted to have a | | | | this moment I really wanted to call her names that |
| little break in one of the good, but very expensive, | | | | children should not hear. However, we continued our |
| restaurants on the highway. We ended up having | | | | way to Colorado and had a great vacation |
| lunch in a place called "Danni's Lunch Celebration", but | | | | afterwards. But I learned my lesson due to this |
| the 23 year old waitress was the best part of this | | | | experience: In bad and unknown situations you |
| meal experience. So we hurried up to continue our | | | | cannot count on your wife, you can not count on |
| drive so we could make it there in less than seven | | | | your pet; you just can trust your truck bed mat. |