Notes from Grand Canyon

Rick Steves Interview No. 2, Sept 2010

Rick Steves Interview July 30, 2010

Ten Ways to Prepare for a Dory trip in Grand Canyon

TEN WAYS TO PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THE DORIES TRIP IN GRAND CANYON

 
 
10.         One week before the trip have a yard of sand delivered to your home.  Sprinkle liberally in bed, dresser drawer, kitchen and bath counters.  Fill your salt shaker, cereal boxes, sugar bowl and use as usual.  Place garbage can lid with sand in front of fans and run them continually at maximum speed.

9.         After renting a projection tv, illuminate the walls and ceiling of your bedroom  and play old Dracula movies—especially the snake, scorpion, and bat scenes.

8.         Have your friends form a long line and systematically pass the contents of your home out the front into the back door of your house.

7.         Between your mattress and box spring, place 2 or 3 medium-sized rocks.  Try to sleep as usual for 15 nights.

6.         With a large meat tenderizer practice beating beer cans down to the size of a hockey puck.

5.         Sit on the hood of your car while riding through the car wash.

4.         Line your sandals with sand paper and spend 2 hours a day on the stair master.

3.         Drape the allotted contents of your grocery bag on the bushes and rocks of your backyard.  Twice a day practice changing while your neighbors watch.

2.         With 22 friends standing in the shallow end of a swimming pool, practice looking nonchalant as you carry on a conversation and pee simultaneously.

1.         Poop in your upstairs waste basket and with your pants around your ankles run downstairs and pee in your tub.

Jeffe's first Grand Canyon flip, trip number 116, left side, Lava Falls, "Humpback Chub"

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