Day 24

Who says good entertainment has to be expensive?

Pam and I were roommates.  We were also seminary students.  By definition, neither of us had a lot of money.  We would often go to Sam’s on Saturdays around lunchtime.  Between all the samples they were serving, we could actually make a lunch out of it!

We also loved to fly kites.  There was a giant flag at a car dealership near our apartment.  It served as a gauge for times when kite-flying would be successful.  If the flag was flying, it was a kite day.  If it was drooping, no dice.

But our all-time favorite cheap entertainment was known as binocular-riding.  It was simple, really.  One of us drove.  One of us rode in the passenger seat… looking ahead through binoculars.

It’s amazing what a little shift in perspective will do for a car ride.  When what you see is much farther down the road than you actually are, it’s scary, crazy, fun, exciting, thrilling, and downright terrifying!  You believe you should be turning, but you’re still going straight.  You think you should be stopping, but you’re still going fast.  You see a car stopping in front of you, but you aren’t.  But you can't take away the binoculars.  You’re laughing and crying and screaming and holding on for dear life.  Two-lane winding roads are the best!  It is fun for both the driver and the passenger!

We had more fun on a gallon of gas with a pair of binoculars!  It wasn’t about how much we had, but what we did with what we had.  It was about friends being together.