Update

[zestfive]

I'm sitting in an adorable  but very busy coffee shop in Flagstaff, I just finished reading 300+ posts to catch up. I've got to pee but don't want to leave the laptop alone to do it so I'll do my best. I woke up at about 6am after going to bed around 10p or earlier so it's 8 hours, the rest of the crew were still sleeping. I've got traveler's checks but minimal cash, a very nice woman helped me cover enough for a small mocha (I was going to order tea for the lesser amount).

Yesterday July 8, we took the train to Grand Canyon, it was fun. They had musicians on the train, walking around was nice. I, despite my fear of heights, walked along the Angel Bright Trail for a little way. P was proud of me. Took pictures, bought some books and etc. Friday the boy and I went to see the new Pirates of the Carribean movie because he was so "bored" July 7. P took time to sleep, relax and read. Prior to that, we went to 4 corners, bought matching rings and stopped at the Navajo National Monument. July 6 (my birthday) Day before that (July 5) we saw Mesa Verde and a rainbow. I might post pictures if I remember to do that. July 4th We visited P's little lot of land in the small town(if you could call it that) in San Acacio, CO at night we stayed in Pagosa Springs (where we dined and dashed for the first time in my life due to such a horrible waitress...we also had a coupon for a discount but after waiting for so long for your bill we just got fed up, yeah no excuses I'm not proud of it)and I had wanted to sit in the springs but never got to because we wanted to get going on the road. Next time, that's what I keep saying. 

Today we're going to hit the road to drive east on 40 before we go north to get to Dodge City to get the wagon to go back to Colorado for camping in the Rockies for 3 days.

It's getting so busy in this coffee shop, I feel like I've got to skadaddle.

Comments

[fierce313.livejournal.com]

I've done the dash and dine because of REALLY BAD service (not getting the check for 20 minutes after plates were cleared). If I have to wait 20 minutes for my check, they obviously don't care if I'm there or not. I'm usually a 20-25% tipper, so I think it all works out. I hope.

Once I had a waiter tell me we had to pay so he could get his tip, he was getting off of work in a few minutes. We left him a note telling him it was a bad idea to do that, and told the owner about it on our way out.

Your trip sounds fun - I remember being so bored when I was on vacation at the Boy's age. I hope he enjoys the scenery, etc. while he has the chance!

[zestfive.livejournal.com]

I've been a waitress for like 5 years while going to school, I feel for service people, really I do, but this girl did not have a clue. The restaurant was really more of a bar and we had coupons for a free breakfast which wasn't anything more than dry cereal (empty milk)oatmeal and bagels. Of the dishes that were set out for this breakfast, three remained and they all had food dried on them. There was no cups for coffee and then it took us 10 minutes before she came to take our order. We had an option of a reduced price on a hot breakfast ($2.99) for bacon, eggs, american fries and toast. While we ate and then waited for our bill, they ran out of the american fries and then bacon. She never came back to our table after the food was served and after 20 minutes we just left because we couldn't stand it anymore. My justification is the service was so bad among other things, she couldn't have been the regular waitress and I just had to leave.