In planning my trek about the countryside, I asked my friend Rick if he’d like to go with me. It’s always more fun to travel with someone and he’s an amiable type. After a week of driving, we’ve fallen into a rather streamlined routine that’s working pretty well.

Today, as he was driving, I said, “Do you think that Slate Creek has a lot of slate in it?”

“Um, yep.”

After a minute, I said, “That’s going to be the extent of our intellectual discourse for the day, isn’t it?”

“Um, yep”.

Love traveling with the guy…