We're all counting on the tourists this summer to turn our economic woes around. What's going on in their minds? Here's a conversation between a married baby boomer couple as they pay their July bills and plan for a much-needed getaway for the family.
Man : Honey? Are you finished figuring out the bills?
Woman: I think so. Hey! We've got $1100 left over after paying all the bills!
Man: Great! We can book that Disneyland trip!
Woman: Oh, wait. I forgot to include the mortgage payment.
Man: Oh...What about the savings account?
Woman: I've dedicated that to propane fuel for the house and gas for the vehicles.
Man: Oh. Pay the mortgage out of savings. What's left?
Woman: Not enough for all of us to fly to Disneyland.
Man: What about Sun Valley?
Woman: What's a Sun Valley?
Man: It's in the mountains of Idaho. Everything's going on there. We can pull the camper, camp out in the forest and do all the activities they offer in this brochure. Look!
Woman: Wow! Let's do that. Wait...don't they have fires up there?
Man: Last year, but that was like the first one in a hundred years. It's safe now.
Woman: Well, let's do it!
Man: Hey, maybe we'll really like it and we could quit our jobs and stay!
Woman: Brilliant! We can get jobs there and buy a smaller house!
Man: Sound thinking, honey, I'll go tell the kids!
Woman: Now you're talking! Let's get out of this rat race in suburbia...
Man:...and live like a person in paradise!
Woman: Disneyland doesn't offer that!
Man: Let's sell everything and go!
Woman: This is the most sense you have made.
Man: Thanks, honey. I really think this is the answer.
Woman: Now I know why I married you, you mountain man, you.
Yes, it's going to be a wonderful season. Everyone is searching for what we have. Didn't we all do this at one time or another? Open the gates, they're coming! We're saved!
Nice talking to you.
