1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,880 On this episode we talk with Aaron Demott about his recent trip with his papa. 2 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:14,880 [MUSIC] 3 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:22,880 Papa Joel. 4 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:23,880 Oh, Papa. 5 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:25,880 I threw you off there. 6 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:26,880 Papa. 7 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:28,880 You were not expecting me to say Papa Joel. 8 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:29,880 Who says Papa? 9 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:30,880 Oh, friends. 10 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:32,880 Kids to their grandparents. 11 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:34,240 Yeah, that's exactly that old yet. 12 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:35,480 That'll get not yet. 13 00:00:35,480 --> 00:00:36,840 Oh, you could be. 14 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:37,640 You could be. 15 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:39,440 Yeah. 16 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:42,480 Hey, everybody, welcome to the Dudes and Dads podcast. 17 00:00:42,480 --> 00:00:43,920 Glad to have each and every one of you here. 18 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:45,640 That's a fun little episode. 19 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:50,280 We're we like to incorporate the kids, the kiddos every once in a while. 20 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:54,640 And we're bringing Aaron, your eldest back again. 21 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:56,560 Back again to follow up a little bit. 22 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:58,520 He was on a show recently. 23 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:01,040 I don't have the episode in front of me, but I'll link it in the show notes 24 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:05,700 about this coming of age trip that you were taking with him. 25 00:01:05,700 --> 00:01:06,400 Yes. 26 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:11,600 And when we recorded, we said, we will have to have you back as a follow-up. 27 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:14,400 And Aaron kept saying, hey, when am I going to have to do that? 28 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:16,200 Yeah, he was very persistent. 29 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:18,500 And so we decided to bring him back. 30 00:01:18,500 --> 00:01:20,100 He is in studio with us tonight. 31 00:01:20,100 --> 00:01:22,700 But first of all, how have you been? 32 00:01:22,700 --> 00:01:24,300 That it's Andy. 33 00:01:24,300 --> 00:01:25,200 Here's the deal. 34 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:26,300 You were gone. 35 00:01:26,300 --> 00:01:28,500 You were on the last time you without we did it without you. 36 00:01:28,500 --> 00:01:30,200 Did you listen to the episode? 37 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:30,700 Yes. 38 00:01:30,700 --> 00:01:38,740 I'm so Mark, Mr. Mark Benton, I, if you, I need you to hear this from me from the bottom 39 00:01:38,740 --> 00:01:45,660 of my heart. Thank you for stepping in and possibly being a better host than I am. I'm 40 00:01:45,660 --> 00:01:51,660 just not afraid to admit it. I'm, I'm a man of just knows when, knows when I've been 41 00:01:51,660 --> 00:02:00,580 invested in. So, well, well done. No, yeah, June, Andy, June, June flew by. Jackie was 42 00:02:00,580 --> 00:02:05,900 traveling for work. I had to travel for work in between that we were in Omaha, Nebraska 43 00:02:05,900 --> 00:02:10,020 of all places together though, without that place. We were together. That was a weird 44 00:02:10,020 --> 00:02:14,420 that was we were grateful for that. But you know, sometimes we're together and I love 45 00:02:14,420 --> 00:02:21,960 being together, but we were together in a hotel room for a long, long time as a family 46 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:27,020 because of we were staying out there for baseball with four kids. You got all four. No, we do. 47 00:02:27,020 --> 00:02:31,420 Who do we have? We had Aaron and Josiah and then one of Aaron's teammates was along with 48 00:02:31,420 --> 00:02:36,900 us. Our friends, our friends, a surrogate kid. Yes. I had a short term adopted job. 49 00:02:36,900 --> 00:02:37,900 Sweet. 50 00:02:37,900 --> 00:02:41,300 And so that was a whole experience. It was great, but man, it was a whole experience, 51 00:02:41,300 --> 00:02:47,220 lots of baseball and the dusty heat of Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska. Oh, Andy, while it was out 52 00:02:47,220 --> 00:02:53,100 there though, I don't know if I've talked to you about this. We, I'm going to forget 53 00:02:53,100 --> 00:02:59,740 it. I'm going to forget which, which company. So our good friend, friend of the show, alumni 54 00:02:59,740 --> 00:03:07,540 of the show, Brent Miller. Oh yeah, Brent, our buddy from Everants. His dad, Kenny is 55 00:03:07,540 --> 00:03:11,380 a, uh, is a meat purchaser. 56 00:03:11,380 --> 00:03:16,380 It's like a purchasing agent for meat, for a local company in our area here. 57 00:03:16,380 --> 00:03:20,980 And he's got all these vendors and turns out as well, and I always forget this 58 00:03:20,980 --> 00:03:23,820 Omaha, like Omaha steaks, you know, right, right. 59 00:03:23,820 --> 00:03:25,460 A lot of, a lot of beef out there. 60 00:03:25,460 --> 00:03:30,060 So we got a tour of a beef, uh, processing plant. 61 00:03:30,060 --> 00:03:30,500 Sweet. 62 00:03:30,500 --> 00:03:31,260 That's gotta be fun. 63 00:03:31,260 --> 00:03:32,660 It was, it was fun. 64 00:03:32,660 --> 00:03:36,660 Um, it was, I didn't, I never thought I would get to get to do something like 65 00:03:36,660 --> 00:03:41,700 this. Um, we got next on the, uh, being able to be in the slaughter house. 66 00:03:41,700 --> 00:03:44,420 We didn't get to see that part. Sometimes you do. Sometimes you don't. 67 00:03:44,420 --> 00:03:48,700 You were not on. We were not, uh, a okayed for that, but it literally, 68 00:03:48,700 --> 00:03:53,660 as soon as soon as the whole, that whole animal, uh, the whole, 69 00:03:53,660 --> 00:03:57,740 you know, the big beef rack as it were comes in the door, saw the whole process. 70 00:03:57,740 --> 00:04:04,140 Knives, a flailing saw as a cutting just, oh my, my gosh, it was, it was a thing. 71 00:04:04,140 --> 00:04:09,140 So, uh, so got to do that while I was out there for the baseball tournament 72 00:04:09,140 --> 00:04:12,420 because when you think baseball, you also think, yeah, right. 73 00:04:12,420 --> 00:04:13,300 Me processing. 74 00:04:13,300 --> 00:04:13,860 Absolutely. 75 00:04:13,860 --> 00:04:15,340 Like, no, so that was good deal. 76 00:04:15,340 --> 00:04:15,980 That was super fun. 77 00:04:15,980 --> 00:04:16,700 So we did that. 78 00:04:16,700 --> 00:04:23,780 Uh, but really the month of June has flown by lots of travel, lots of things. 79 00:04:23,780 --> 00:04:30,500 And now we are now we're here into, into July and, um, and for you, Andy, 80 00:04:30,500 --> 00:04:32,180 as it, as it is every year. 81 00:04:32,940 --> 00:04:36,580 July, more toward the end of July, it means a few things. 82 00:04:36,580 --> 00:04:37,980 - Gets busy for fair. 83 00:04:37,980 --> 00:04:39,320 - Yeah. 84 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:42,220 Yeah, how are you feeling about fair this year? 85 00:04:42,220 --> 00:04:43,820 - I'm ready for it to be done. 86 00:04:43,820 --> 00:04:44,660 - Already? 87 00:04:44,660 --> 00:04:45,500 - Yeah. 88 00:04:45,500 --> 00:04:46,320 - That's a great start. 89 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:47,660 - There it is, isn't it? 90 00:04:47,660 --> 00:04:50,100 - Andy and I have talked and this year, 91 00:04:50,100 --> 00:04:52,900 we've bypassed 4-H altogether. 92 00:04:52,900 --> 00:04:57,060 We took a hard look at what we were capable of doing 93 00:04:57,060 --> 00:04:59,460 and we said, we've got a restructure. 94 00:04:59,460 --> 00:05:00,540 - Sometimes you got to do that. 95 00:05:00,540 --> 00:05:01,380 - Sometimes you do. 96 00:05:01,380 --> 00:05:04,380 It was not a popular decision. 97 00:05:04,380 --> 00:05:06,660 Aaron still might be salty with me about it. 98 00:05:06,660 --> 00:05:07,980 We'll find out here in a minute. 99 00:05:07,980 --> 00:05:08,980 We'll find out how it feels. 100 00:05:08,980 --> 00:05:10,380 Aaron, welcome to this show. 101 00:05:10,380 --> 00:05:12,540 It's good to have you back. 102 00:05:12,540 --> 00:05:16,780 You were here with us just a few short episodes ago before you went on the trip with your 103 00:05:16,780 --> 00:05:17,980 dad. 104 00:05:17,980 --> 00:05:21,740 So we wanted to get you back and to kind of hear a little bit more about how that trip 105 00:05:21,740 --> 00:05:22,740 went. 106 00:05:22,740 --> 00:05:25,740 So let's talk the trip. 107 00:05:25,740 --> 00:05:26,740 Where did you start? 108 00:05:26,740 --> 00:05:27,740 What did you guys do? 109 00:05:27,740 --> 00:05:35,140 So we started and we left in the... 110 00:05:35,140 --> 00:05:36,140 Left early morning. 111 00:05:36,140 --> 00:05:37,140 Early morning. 112 00:05:37,140 --> 00:05:38,140 So this is the beginning. 113 00:05:38,140 --> 00:05:39,140 We were in the beginning, very few. 114 00:05:39,140 --> 00:05:42,900 Like the first, we were going for the first like five or six days of March. 115 00:05:42,900 --> 00:05:43,900 Yeah. 116 00:05:43,900 --> 00:05:44,900 Yeah. 117 00:05:44,900 --> 00:05:49,940 So on the day we were flying out, my dad decided to have cheese, call the cheese scones. 118 00:05:49,940 --> 00:05:50,940 Oh geez. 119 00:05:50,940 --> 00:05:51,940 I forgot all about this. 120 00:05:51,940 --> 00:05:53,740 Oh, he's gonna tell the story. 121 00:05:53,740 --> 00:05:55,700 And we were driving down. 122 00:05:55,700 --> 00:05:57,980 He said, "Oh, I don't feel so good, right?" 123 00:05:57,980 --> 00:06:02,120 So we were about, you're almost by Grissom's air base. 124 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:03,280 - So we're about, we're about-- 125 00:06:03,280 --> 00:06:04,120 - About an hour away. 126 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:05,520 - About an hour and a half south. 127 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:09,220 - And he felt like there's like something 128 00:06:09,220 --> 00:06:11,820 that's like in his chest and-- 129 00:06:11,820 --> 00:06:12,660 - You were having-- 130 00:06:12,660 --> 00:06:13,500 - Oh. 131 00:06:13,500 --> 00:06:14,320 - Did I tell, okay. 132 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:15,160 - You did not tell me this story. 133 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:15,980 - I did not tell you this story 134 00:06:15,980 --> 00:06:18,120 and I just realized I didn't tell you this story. 135 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:20,780 So it just felt like, like I had like-- 136 00:06:20,780 --> 00:06:21,620 - A baby alien. 137 00:06:21,620 --> 00:06:23,560 - Like a piece of, I don't know, like just something, 138 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:28,000 like I hadn't like swat like it went down the wrong to the wrong tube. 139 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,680 Like it hadn't swallowed it right, but it was just making me feel weird. 140 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:31,680 It was just making me feel weird. 141 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:33,480 Not like I was choking or anything like that. 142 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:35,880 Just like kind of upset stomach. So sure. 143 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:41,280 I told, I told Aaron that something's not settling to right over at a BP gas 144 00:06:41,280 --> 00:06:45,840 station, right? Yeah. And you start, we walk in the door and he's like, 145 00:06:45,840 --> 00:06:48,040 Aaron, I'll be right back. 146 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:52,960 So he, so I walk in the door thinking he forgot something in the car maybe, 147 00:06:53,280 --> 00:06:57,240 But no, he turns around and there's a green trash can right next to him. 148 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:00,120 And it was greener after you were done. 149 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:02,120 I don't know. 150 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:09,200 Now, do you know what an absolute, like really lost person you look like when 151 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:13,680 you're standing outside of the main entrance of a truck station and you are 152 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:18,240 just hurling your guts out into a truck into a trash can? 153 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:20,600 I bet the gas station is glad that you didn't go in before doing. 154 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:22,200 No, no, well, because I had stepped one foot in, 155 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:23,800 Like I had the wherewithal. 156 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:24,100 Okay. 157 00:07:24,100 --> 00:07:25,400 I, we knew it was coming. 158 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:28,200 I'm like, oh, oh, that's the feeling was so weird. 159 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:31,400 I couldn't, it wasn't like being nauseous at first. 160 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:33,000 It didn't feel like I was going to be nauseous. 161 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:36,500 I took one step and I'm like, oh, no, that's exactly what it is. 162 00:07:36,500 --> 00:07:41,100 So I got the fact that I was able to even give air in some level of instruction, 163 00:07:41,100 --> 00:07:43,700 like to keep it together in time to, oh boy. 164 00:07:43,700 --> 00:07:46,700 So that was, that was our, so there was a fear. 165 00:07:46,700 --> 00:07:48,500 That was, that was part, that was part one. 166 00:07:48,500 --> 00:07:49,400 There's part two. 167 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:51,440 That's what's the other same cheese, Chris Dory. 168 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:53,240 Once we got to the airport. 169 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:55,680 So we're flying out of Indianapolis. 170 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:56,880 Yep. So I wasn't feeling good. 171 00:07:56,880 --> 00:08:00,720 So right we get it's a bigger, it's a big parking lot. 172 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:02,480 Right. So they have shuttle bus. 173 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:07,680 So we go to the shuttle bus station and he's just laying there with his eyes closed 174 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:10,360 and he's like, oh, I don't feel good. 175 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:14,880 Right. So I call like a call mom and tell them that's not feeling well. 176 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:20,080 Just, just like, and then walk away and you goes behind the bus station. 177 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:22,640 Just boom everywhere. 178 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:24,880 Puking in bushes. 179 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:26,960 Oh man. But here's the deal. 180 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:29,080 It was perfect. It was perfect timing because I got it. 181 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:32,800 I got it all out and then the bus pulls up because what did it been terrible? 182 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:35,640 Like here I am like just puking my guts out as the bus pulls up. 183 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:37,000 Right. People are on the bus. 184 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:37,800 I don't know. 185 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:38,840 It's you and the brother. 186 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:42,600 So but at this point and I don't know if Aaron was feeling this way. 187 00:08:42,680 --> 00:08:47,880 I'm like, okay, if I'm just going to keep getting sicker while we're traveling, 188 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:52,280 right? That's terrible. It's going to be terrible. And so I am praying. I'm like, 189 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:58,520 God, please let this, let this just be like a 24 hour thing or like whatever, whatever it is. 190 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:04,040 So Aaron, were you feeling concerned by that time? Like, no, no, you thought it was going to, 191 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:06,520 you were like, you were fine. You were going to be fine. Okay. Yeah. 192 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:09,960 You were going to sleep on the plane and it's going to be fine, which is exactly what happened. 193 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:14,760 and we, we laid out some, I got him some thumbs. Yeah. Good, good man. 194 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:17,480 And yeah, good man. And we got, we got that. So that, that's right. 195 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:22,120 I forgot that it's exactly how the trip started. And, and that is to say, you know, 196 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:25,160 there's a certain level of, um, I don't know, 197 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:28,600 responsibility that I feel like it's like, man, we've planned this trip. We're, 198 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:32,520 we're doing this like I, I gosh, it would be terrible. 199 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:35,960 Something like tripped us up this early in the process. 200 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:39,400 So I was, I was a little bit frightened of like, please let this just be like 201 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:41,840 something else going to pass. Well, and you don't want to have to have Aaron like 202 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:45,420 mother mother you and well the pork. Yeah, it's like the 203 00:09:45,420 --> 00:09:51,080 the poor kid is watching me kind of take a downward initial downward spiral. 204 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:54,480 But we got we got on the plan we got there. So what's next? 205 00:09:54,480 --> 00:10:00,720 Aaron? Yeah. So what do we do next? Um, so we got landed and we landed in Phoenix. 206 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:05,640 Um, and then it took a while to get our bags. 207 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:08,280 like we had to wait a while. 208 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:09,640 - We did have to wait a while. 209 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:11,880 - But like once we got our bags, 210 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:16,760 we went, we went, we got on their new tram 211 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:19,960 that they just put in like a couple weeks or months. 212 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:22,120 - Yeah, it wasn't yet. - It's new. 213 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:23,920 And it took us to their car rental, 214 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:26,320 which also which had construction going on. 215 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:27,160 So it was like. 216 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:28,000 - Always. 217 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:31,720 - And then once we, then we had to wait in the long line 218 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:34,280 for to get our rental car. 219 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:38,480 And then once we got down to the car, that's like, 220 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:44,520 where did I put my phone? Oh, and then he just did so much fun. 221 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:48,480 I got my fine my app and then we is like, this kid was on it. 222 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:50,600 I will say the budget registers. 223 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:53,880 We walk back right there. Boom, boom. 224 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:55,040 She had it right to me. 225 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:57,120 I will say Aaron, Aaron was a savvy traveler. 226 00:10:57,120 --> 00:11:01,520 He was he was looking out for me because clearly you didn't know you needed him, 227 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:04,200 but you did. I did boy, did I? And it was it was cool. 228 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:08,680 I will say it was cool to see like in those things like Aaron kept a very level head. 229 00:11:08,680 --> 00:11:13,520 Like I think it would have been I think it would have been easy for him to be like, 230 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:16,840 uh-oh, but no, he knew he knew what to do. 231 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:18,960 So it was that was it was good. 232 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:20,520 It's good having him around that way. 233 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:26,040 So so yeah, we got we got our car and then what did we went and 234 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:29,240 OK, so it wasn't that late, but that's right. 235 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:30,160 It wasn't that late. 236 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:33,160 It was like seven and you were like 237 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:36,360 I'm starving dad in and out burger. 238 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:40,600 No, no, we got first. No, you went to. 239 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:45,680 Went to the people, your friends house that you're staying with. 240 00:11:45,680 --> 00:11:48,240 But didn't we go? No, we did. 241 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:51,040 After we went to our friends, Brad and Sarah, where we're staying. 242 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:53,200 That's where we went first. Yep. Over in Scottsdale. 243 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:58,040 We went there, dropped all of our stuff off, and then we went to shake. 244 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:01,600 Yes. Air. So here, hot take, Andy. 245 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:05,120 I don't know if have you done in and out burger? 246 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:07,840 OK, have you done shake shack? No. OK. 247 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:12,880 So I introduced Aaron to Shake Shack and his bold take is 248 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:16,040 I like Shake Shack better than in and out, I think. Yeah. 249 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:18,960 Yeah. And now it's just like really messy. 250 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:20,800 Oh, but good. 251 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:25,000 Like I take in and out if I was in and in and out. 252 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:28,640 But like if it's like, you know, you're getting it and then you're going back 253 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:29,760 to the car. 254 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:33,280 It's like going to be a bomb that goes off, a hamburger bomb goes off here. 255 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:35,120 Because like it now has so much. 256 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:36,120 That makes sense. 257 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:40,240 I love that my eldest child is largely judging the burger by its structural integrity. 258 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:41,640 It's the taste is kind of secondary. 259 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:42,640 Right. 260 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:43,840 It's all about how it's structured. 261 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:48,920 So yeah, we did the, we did the shake shack and then we got the, got some sleep and then 262 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:54,000 we had, anyway, we, the purpose of us going there, just as a reminder was we were going 263 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:55,920 to be able to see a couple of. 264 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:56,920 Two. 265 00:12:56,920 --> 00:12:57,920 Two. 266 00:12:57,920 --> 00:13:02,640 spring training games and we were going to get to tour the spring training facility 267 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:08,800 for the Cleveland Guardians, which is Aaron's favorite baseball team. 268 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:16,720 I am as a non Cleveland Guardians fan, I'm also dying a little bit inside, but at the 269 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:19,560 same time, it's like, you know, this is a cool thing to do. 270 00:13:19,560 --> 00:13:23,640 And I'm pretty sure Aaron was having a good time throughout. 271 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:24,640 Yes. 272 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:25,640 Pretty fantastic. 273 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:27,640 It was pretty cool to see. 274 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:35,480 So let's see. We caught some, we did the tour of the facility, caught the base, caught 275 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:36,480 a baseball game. 276 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:38,480 I got a baseball full of signatures. 277 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:39,480 Sweet. 278 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:41,680 Like full of signatures. 279 00:13:41,680 --> 00:13:46,360 So this is something that will go like your memory of the trip. It helps build and solidify 280 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:50,880 time that you had with your dad because you're the memorabilia of it. 281 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:51,880 Yeah. 282 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:56,720 You'll see that. Yeah. We came prepared with a couple of autographed balls and Aaron did. 283 00:13:56,720 --> 00:14:01,240 You get a lot of Mark Springer and Mark Springer signed your ball. 284 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:01,680 Yeah. 285 00:14:01,680 --> 00:14:02,000 Good. 286 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:05,600 Well, he's Mark Springer. 287 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:06,520 He's Mark Springer. 288 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:06,680 Right. 289 00:14:06,680 --> 00:14:10,800 So those of you who don't know, is Mark is somebody who goes to church with me and 290 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:12,520 goes to a lot of baseball games. 291 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:15,880 He's a coach within the organization that Aaron plays for. 292 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:20,200 And as it turns out, he and his son were down, like we overlapped a few days. 293 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:21,400 We were, we were down there at the same time. 294 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:22,720 So we got a game with them. 295 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:23,240 That was good. 296 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:26,960 Um, but yeah, the, the baseball games were good. 297 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:30,100 And that all went according to plan. 298 00:14:30,100 --> 00:14:34,200 But one of our days also, yeah, this, this was. 299 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:41,460 So we were like, oh, let's go up, let's go up to more northern Arizona, where 300 00:14:41,460 --> 00:14:44,180 I started getting like higher in elevation and it's not all. 301 00:14:44,180 --> 00:14:47,220 So we're heading towards, heading towards Sedona, Sedona, where I had 302 00:14:47,220 --> 00:14:48,580 been a few times before. 303 00:14:48,580 --> 00:14:53,660 Um, I had done, there's a, there's a trail there that isn't, it's not 304 00:14:53,660 --> 00:14:55,780 too aggressive, but it's just, it's absolutely gorgeous. 305 00:14:55,780 --> 00:14:57,420 - It goes through river canyons. 306 00:14:57,420 --> 00:15:01,340 - River canyons and like really. 307 00:15:01,340 --> 00:15:05,100 - But what we didn't account for was that it was still like, 308 00:15:05,100 --> 00:15:07,700 it was early March, it was like still snowing. 309 00:15:07,700 --> 00:15:11,340 - So normally the snow is normally out of there by then. 310 00:15:11,340 --> 00:15:14,740 The trails are normally hikeable, specifically this one 311 00:15:14,740 --> 00:15:16,580 that isn't that far, that far north 312 00:15:16,580 --> 00:15:18,820 and it's not a big change in elevation. 313 00:15:18,820 --> 00:15:21,340 And they had had record, of course, the week we're going. 314 00:15:21,340 --> 00:15:22,420 - Record breaking snow. 315 00:15:22,420 --> 00:15:28,420 Oh man, that had not melted. Yeah. So you literally five feet of snow on the ground. 316 00:15:28,420 --> 00:15:34,180 Oh man, you couldn't even get into the trail heads. Now we'd plan this trip. The hiking 317 00:15:34,180 --> 00:15:39,300 for me was going to be one of the mile markers, one of the things that we did together, one of 318 00:15:39,300 --> 00:15:45,700 these experiences. He, yeah, it was so we couldn't go to the original trail. Like, okay, 319 00:15:45,700 --> 00:15:49,220 there looks like there's like a public park that has a trail that goes, 320 00:15:49,860 --> 00:15:51,660 Maybe that won't be as bad. 321 00:15:51,660 --> 00:15:55,220 Um, it was, it was still bad. 322 00:15:55,220 --> 00:15:59,940 Like we got up there like this is like in the middle of this neighborhood 323 00:15:59,940 --> 00:16:01,100 is where the trailhead was. 324 00:16:01,100 --> 00:16:05,100 And like these are all A frame houses because like when it snows, 325 00:16:05,100 --> 00:16:10,140 so the snow just whoops, falls off the side, doesn't collapse the roof. 326 00:16:10,140 --> 00:16:14,780 And they're like digging their cars out because it snowed over their car. 327 00:16:14,780 --> 00:16:15,340 Oh, man. 328 00:16:15,340 --> 00:16:17,020 Yeah, we're like trying to get back into this trailhead 329 00:16:17,020 --> 00:16:22,220 And there's people that are bringing that are people that have rented. 330 00:16:22,220 --> 00:16:25,620 So there's all these flatbed trailers that are coming in, bringing in 331 00:16:25,620 --> 00:16:29,820 excavated like these smaller excavators that can like to pull out to pull cars out, 332 00:16:29,820 --> 00:16:31,260 dig dig them out, all this stuff. 333 00:16:31,260 --> 00:16:33,060 And I'm like, this is not a good sign. 334 00:16:33,060 --> 00:16:38,260 So we end up parking on the side of the road and we're like, ah, this is fine. 335 00:16:38,260 --> 00:16:40,220 You can get a show. Get around. 336 00:16:40,220 --> 00:16:44,460 And I end up having so like when I open the door, it won't open all the way 337 00:16:44,460 --> 00:16:45,740 might be the snow pile. 338 00:16:45,740 --> 00:16:46,580 - Oh man. 339 00:16:46,580 --> 00:16:51,260 - So I have to climb out the door, shimmy my way. 340 00:16:51,260 --> 00:16:52,380 - Things are not going as planned. 341 00:16:52,380 --> 00:16:55,420 - To the next door, open it to get my hiking boots. 342 00:16:55,420 --> 00:16:58,340 And then we finally start walking. 343 00:16:58,340 --> 00:17:02,900 We realize it's packed down. 344 00:17:02,900 --> 00:17:04,660 - It looks hikeable. 345 00:17:04,660 --> 00:17:05,500 - Sure. 346 00:17:05,500 --> 00:17:07,580 - But then because you see there's a trail, 347 00:17:07,580 --> 00:17:09,700 people have our walk there. 348 00:17:09,700 --> 00:17:13,300 And that's the only place you can step. 349 00:17:13,300 --> 00:17:18,420 before you step off of that you would, I'd go, I'd go, I'd go man. 350 00:17:18,420 --> 00:17:20,100 He fell up to his waist. 351 00:17:20,100 --> 00:17:21,100 Yeah. 352 00:17:21,100 --> 00:17:23,100 And I'm like, he stepped in and went up to his waist. 353 00:17:23,100 --> 00:17:26,740 And I'm like, Aaron, I'm not an expert, but I'm pretty sure we are not going to be 354 00:17:26,740 --> 00:17:27,740 able to like this. 355 00:17:27,740 --> 00:17:30,780 I'll be the best because I was, I was gas pretty soon because you're pulling yourself 356 00:17:30,780 --> 00:17:31,780 out, right? 357 00:17:31,780 --> 00:17:32,780 More memories to be made. 358 00:17:32,780 --> 00:17:33,780 More memories. 359 00:17:33,780 --> 00:17:34,780 It was fun. 360 00:17:34,780 --> 00:17:39,220 We had some, it would be fun to live up there just online school half the year. 361 00:17:39,220 --> 00:17:40,220 Yeah, really. 362 00:17:40,220 --> 00:17:41,220 Yeah. 363 00:17:41,220 --> 00:17:45,700 So what we did is get back in the car and after we dug our, we crawled ourselves out 364 00:17:45,700 --> 00:17:52,060 of my shoes and socks or just soaked because, you know, full snow. 365 00:17:52,060 --> 00:17:53,060 Sure. 366 00:17:53,060 --> 00:17:54,060 Yeah. 367 00:17:54,060 --> 00:17:55,620 That was, that was one part we weren't quite planned for. 368 00:17:55,620 --> 00:18:01,620 We had to go up to or into Flagstaff, Flagstaff, which drove up north there. 369 00:18:01,620 --> 00:18:02,620 Yeah. 370 00:18:02,620 --> 00:18:06,540 To a coals, got some new shoes and socks. 371 00:18:06,540 --> 00:18:13,580 And then we went to back down to Sedona for, to get food for dinner. 372 00:18:13,580 --> 00:18:14,940 And this is Aaron's bold claim. 373 00:18:14,940 --> 00:18:18,600 And I'm going to, we should find the restaurant we stayed at because we had, I'd gone there 374 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:22,840 before and I knew it was like, it was a pretty, it was a pretty legit place. 375 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:27,120 So this being our trap, Andy, it's like, you know, you're trying to, we're trying to make 376 00:18:27,120 --> 00:18:32,240 some significant, do some significant things that we normally would not do. 377 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:35,840 And one of those things is, yes, we had been to Shake Shack. 378 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:39,760 Yes, we had done, we had done the In-N-Out Burger. 379 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:48,500 But I was like, I want Aaron to have like kind of an upper level A-class meal. 380 00:18:48,500 --> 00:18:57,680 So we went to this restaurant and Aaron boldly ordered himself the most expensive steak. 381 00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:00,560 Was it the most expensive that he had there? 382 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:01,560 No. 383 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:02,700 But we're pretty close. 384 00:19:02,700 --> 00:19:04,000 It was up there. It was up there. 385 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:07,300 He, he ordered some stuff at the steak and I told him, I was like, 386 00:19:07,300 --> 00:19:09,700 I hope you enjoy every single bite of that. 387 00:19:09,700 --> 00:19:11,940 There are not be any left whatsoever. 388 00:19:11,940 --> 00:19:16,100 And that kid went on to 389 00:19:16,100 --> 00:19:20,100 completely, completely devour it. 390 00:19:20,100 --> 00:19:22,600 Are you finding, are you finding where we went? 391 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:25,340 You are you seeing it? 392 00:19:25,340 --> 00:19:27,640 Not yet. Not yet. That's okay. 393 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:30,240 But really cool place, beautiful, 394 00:19:31,140 --> 00:19:38,580 beautiful view of the mountains and Aaron, Aaron ate like Aaron, Aaron ate a, uh, he 395 00:19:38,580 --> 00:19:39,980 had a grown man's meal that day. 396 00:19:39,980 --> 00:19:46,660 Would you say that, would you say that, uh, you will remember that steak or for the 397 00:19:46,660 --> 00:19:47,340 rest of your life? 398 00:19:47,340 --> 00:19:48,940 I wouldn't say that. 399 00:19:48,940 --> 00:19:51,300 I mean, it was good. 400 00:19:51,300 --> 00:19:52,180 It was good. 401 00:19:52,180 --> 00:19:52,520 Do it. 402 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:54,020 Will I remember first in my life? 403 00:19:54,020 --> 00:19:54,860 Maybe not. 404 00:19:54,860 --> 00:19:58,740 Would you say it was the best steak that you would had to that, to this point in 405 00:19:58,740 --> 00:20:00,220 your life and your 13 years? 406 00:20:00,220 --> 00:20:07,220 maybe. Oh, really? Maybe. You're getting to be quite a snake, a snake, a snake snob. 407 00:20:07,220 --> 00:20:13,300 I love snakes. A snake snob. Yeah. Okay. So we had, yeah. So we had some, we had some 408 00:20:13,300 --> 00:20:17,780 good meals while we were up there. Good experiences. This is the, this is the one thing though. 409 00:20:17,780 --> 00:20:23,340 Like we had to, we had to adapt, right? Yeah. Yeah. Inevitably there were things, there 410 00:20:23,340 --> 00:20:26,460 were things that were not, that were beyond our control, that were not going well, the 411 00:20:26,460 --> 00:20:29,340 what that weather thing that I had not sure because we had, 412 00:20:29,340 --> 00:20:33,860 we had talked with our friends who live there prior when I was planning and 413 00:20:33,860 --> 00:20:36,100 they're like, oh yeah, those trails will be good. And like, 414 00:20:36,100 --> 00:20:37,500 you know, when we plan, 415 00:20:37,500 --> 00:20:40,660 they hide pretty often. Okay. They're hikers. And so like, 416 00:20:40,660 --> 00:20:43,540 we thought we had a good insight into like what was the norm would be and 417 00:20:43,540 --> 00:20:47,060 where we would be at. And then just didn't, it didn't go the way we wanted to. 418 00:20:47,060 --> 00:20:51,860 And so Aaron was really great about that. It was good and flexible about it. 419 00:20:51,860 --> 00:20:54,780 I found the restaurant, by the way. Oh, you did? What, where did we go? 420 00:20:55,300 --> 00:20:56,560 It's called the Hudson. 421 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:58,000 The Hudson. That's right. 422 00:20:58,000 --> 00:20:58,800 Does it sounds? 423 00:20:58,800 --> 00:20:59,500 It sounds. 424 00:20:59,500 --> 00:20:59,840 Yeah. 425 00:20:59,840 --> 00:21:00,800 Does it sound fancy? 426 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:02,560 It's not like it would. 427 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:02,900 Yeah. 428 00:21:02,900 --> 00:21:03,700 It's a good restaurant. 429 00:21:03,700 --> 00:21:04,900 It was it was a good time. 430 00:21:04,900 --> 00:21:06,360 It's got 4.6 stars. 431 00:21:06,360 --> 00:21:07,760 4.6. 432 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:08,500 Nice. 433 00:21:08,500 --> 00:21:12,240 Um, which I guess is a lesson. 434 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:14,760 I mean, Aaron, did you feel like, did you feel like 435 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:17,540 we were able to adjust to the circumstances? 436 00:21:17,540 --> 00:21:18,100 Okay. 437 00:21:18,100 --> 00:21:18,400 Yeah. 438 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:20,440 I mean, I gotta watch Top Gun. 439 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:22,040 I finished watching Top Gun. 440 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:22,860 Oh, that's right. 441 00:21:22,860 --> 00:21:24,840 So yeah, let me do that. 442 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:29,100 Great. It was, it was an opportunity, another opportunity for you to watch top 443 00:21:29,100 --> 00:21:34,380 gun. Great. Um, anything else that you remember from that, that experience up 444 00:21:34,380 --> 00:21:39,740 there in Sedona, we got to, we, we did get to climb up. We did go up on a trail. 445 00:21:39,740 --> 00:21:43,220 Got to see the sunset, which is, I mean, on the, on the red rocks is absolutely 446 00:21:43,220 --> 00:21:43,760 snowball at that. 447 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:45,400 In Arizona. 448 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:45,680 Yeah. 449 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:46,480 That's nice. 450 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:54,100 And gorgeous sunset, really, really nice. Um, but yeah, I would say, I would say 451 00:21:54,100 --> 00:21:57,540 that the experience was good overall, weren't you? 452 00:21:57,540 --> 00:21:58,540 Yeah. 453 00:21:58,540 --> 00:22:00,780 Then we got to watching our baseball game the next day too. 454 00:22:00,780 --> 00:22:01,780 Yeah. 455 00:22:01,780 --> 00:22:03,780 Which was great. 456 00:22:03,780 --> 00:22:13,220 So, Aaron, I would wonder as you've kind of reflected on this trip, were there things 457 00:22:13,220 --> 00:22:15,060 that you would have changed about the trip? 458 00:22:15,060 --> 00:22:19,300 Things that you would have done that you, if knowing what we know or whatever, that 459 00:22:19,300 --> 00:22:21,100 you would just would have maybe taken the impression? 460 00:22:21,100 --> 00:22:23,700 Tell Dad not to eat a cheese curd before he goes to... 461 00:22:23,700 --> 00:22:25,060 start there. That's a great idea. 462 00:22:25,060 --> 00:22:31,220 More days out there. 463 00:22:31,220 --> 00:22:32,220 More days. Okay. 464 00:22:32,220 --> 00:22:33,220 I feel like everything just rocks. 465 00:22:33,220 --> 00:22:34,720 So you guys were out there how long? 466 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:36,220 So really five days. 467 00:22:36,220 --> 00:22:37,220 Okay. 468 00:22:37,220 --> 00:22:38,820 That includes your travel? 469 00:22:38,820 --> 00:22:40,720 Like total from leaving house? 470 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:42,220 Yeah, five days including travel. 471 00:22:42,220 --> 00:22:44,220 The leaving house to back a house is five days. 472 00:22:44,220 --> 00:22:45,220 Yes. 473 00:22:45,220 --> 00:22:46,220 Okay. 474 00:22:46,220 --> 00:22:47,220 Yep. 475 00:22:47,220 --> 00:22:49,220 So you would have gone with more travel. 476 00:22:49,220 --> 00:22:50,220 More. 477 00:22:50,220 --> 00:22:51,220 Yeah. 478 00:22:51,220 --> 00:22:53,660 When there is longer travel that does, I mean, the thing 479 00:22:53,660 --> 00:22:55,660 thing is, I'm not like a great, I don't know. 480 00:22:55,660 --> 00:22:56,780 - You're not a good traveler. 481 00:22:56,780 --> 00:22:57,740 - I'm not a great traveler. 482 00:22:57,740 --> 00:23:00,100 Like I feel pretty tired after, you know, 483 00:23:00,100 --> 00:23:05,100 after being on a flight and we were up early 484 00:23:05,100 --> 00:23:07,500 that first morning to get a flight out of Indy. 485 00:23:07,500 --> 00:23:10,980 And so yeah, I couldn't see more time. 486 00:23:10,980 --> 00:23:13,380 You felt that we were... 487 00:23:13,380 --> 00:23:16,460 - Well, maybe not even like travel was probably fine, 488 00:23:16,460 --> 00:23:19,220 but like if you're like in Arizona longer. 489 00:23:19,220 --> 00:23:20,620 - Yeah, gotcha. 490 00:23:20,620 --> 00:23:21,460 - Yeah. 491 00:23:21,460 --> 00:23:22,300 - Which makes sense. 492 00:23:22,300 --> 00:23:24,480 I'm gonna have more time on the vacation itself. 493 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:25,320 - Yeah, sure. 494 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:26,160 - Yeah. 495 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:27,840 - What was the most, like the highlight thing? 496 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:29,740 If I would say, Aaron, what was your favorite thing 497 00:23:29,740 --> 00:23:30,580 about the trip? 498 00:23:30,580 --> 00:23:31,880 What was your favorite thing? 499 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:36,980 - Spending time with my dad. 500 00:23:36,980 --> 00:23:39,240 - That's the right answer. 501 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:40,240 - Well, and that's really, I mean, 502 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:41,160 what you were going for, right? 503 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:43,880 I mean, it's the making the memories that counts. 504 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:45,240 It doesn't really matter that you were, 505 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:46,880 I mean, it does matter that you were in Arizona 506 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:48,320 and you caught a couple of games. 507 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:51,280 Like, but the real goal of it was to spend time 508 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:53,600 with your, for you, yeah. 509 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:55,520 - Just me and my dad, yeah. 510 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:57,440 - Which, you know, with us, Andy, 511 00:23:57,440 --> 00:23:59,760 with, you know, with the many kids that we have, 512 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:02,400 it's like those, we've talked about this before, 513 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:03,560 those one-on-one times, I mean, 514 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:04,960 it feels like you really have to fight for 'em. 515 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:05,800 - You do. 516 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:07,720 - You didn't have to figure out how that's gonna, 517 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:09,720 that's gonna be, especially 'cause you have to have, 518 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:11,520 you have to have the space to meet each kid 519 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:13,160 with where they're at. 520 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:15,960 I felt really fortunate with this trip in as much as, 521 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:17,480 I felt like we were doing things 522 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:19,800 that really meant a lot to Aaron. 523 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:20,640 - Sure. 524 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:22,000 I mean, it's kind of the goal. 525 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:27,840 I mean, like you want to do something with the kids that it's going to be important to them. 526 00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:29,760 It's not like, let's go on a work trip with that. 527 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:32,200 Sure, you can make those times work, right? 528 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:33,640 I mean, that's not what this is for. 529 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:34,640 I think I'm doing that tomorrow. 530 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:36,960 Not like a work trip, but like. 531 00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:39,320 Aaron's going to go to a golf outing with me tomorrow. 532 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:40,640 So don't let him eat the cheese curds. 533 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:42,640 I'll make sure. 534 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:44,400 You don't want to be barfing on the green jill. 535 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:45,400 Oh, gross. 536 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:46,400 That's gross. 537 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:47,400 That's gross. 538 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:48,400 That's backswing. 539 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:49,400 Yeah. 540 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:50,560 Well, thanks for the sound effects. 541 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:51,640 Yeah, wow, that's great. 542 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:52,200 Exactly. 543 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:57,080 If you were, Aaron, if you were, uh, 544 00:24:57,080 --> 00:25:00,600 going to like sell, like, let's say you got a friend that you're like 545 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:03,640 trying to convince them, like, hey, they and their dad, or, you know, 546 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:04,920 should do something like this too. 547 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:06,800 Like they should do a special trip. 548 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:09,280 Like how would you, how would you sell it to them? 549 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:11,520 Um, 550 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:15,640 what would you want to tell them that, like advice, you'd give them things like that? 551 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:20,640 I don't know. 552 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:27,000 Well, depending on who it would be, I'd probably tell him different. 553 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:28,000 Yeah, sure. 554 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:29,480 But I just, I think... 555 00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:33,840 It's like, I'd probably say Jabari should go on a trip with his dad because, you know, 556 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:35,400 he's got four other siblings. 557 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:36,400 Yeah. 558 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:38,200 So it's one of your friends from baseball. 559 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:39,200 Yeah. 560 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:48,160 like Jabarian, Jerry, because Jabarian's dad could go out, maybe not even that far. 561 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:48,820 Yeah. 562 00:25:48,820 --> 00:25:55,800 Should I go out for the week, maybe even just like a couple of days, go do something, 563 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:58,320 just them and. 564 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:03,400 Would you, would you tell your friend like, like, hey, this is really like this is 565 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:04,240 really worth it. 566 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:05,360 This is something that. 567 00:26:05,360 --> 00:26:05,960 Yeah, I would. 568 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:06,320 Yeah. 569 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:07,520 Good. 570 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:08,920 I'm glad to hear that. 571 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:16,880 Yeah. Anything that you, anything that you, and I don't know if there's any answer to 572 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:20,020 this. Anything, is there anything that you found out about me? Something, anything you 573 00:26:20,020 --> 00:26:23,200 noticed about me other than my weak stomach? Apparently. 574 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:27,960 Oh, your meetings are really boring. Tap the listen to. 575 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:34,480 Oh, I had to do, I had to do, I had to do off like the zoom call while I was out there 576 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:38,080 like the head of Brigham Brothers Brothers. 577 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:39,680 Oh, yeah. Yeah. 578 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:42,760 It was three hours. 579 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:43,720 A quick meeting. Just a quick meeting. 580 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:45,200 It was three hours. 581 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:45,960 It was that long? 582 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:47,480 It was that long. 583 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:49,000 Oh, no. Three hours. 584 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,120 No, I don't think it was three hours, 585 00:26:51,120 --> 00:26:54,000 but I think it felt like three hours. 586 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:55,640 A stopwatch came out and he was looking. 587 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:59,200 Yeah. But no, the trip overall was the trip was good. 588 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:02,480 It was something that we will it will we will remember. 589 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:11,600 Hopefully as we're, you know, this is Josiah, so son number two, he'll get his trip next 590 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:14,280 next spring, summer. 591 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:16,120 Do you know where you're going? 592 00:27:16,120 --> 00:27:19,840 So we have Josiah wants to do something. 593 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:22,120 Something involving hiking or like the outdoors. 594 00:27:22,120 --> 00:27:23,120 Outdoors, that's Colorado. 595 00:27:23,120 --> 00:27:24,120 Outdoors, good. 596 00:27:24,120 --> 00:27:25,240 You want us to do Colorado. 597 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:32,440 I'm okay as long as my brother lives, my brother and my sister-in-law live out in Colorado. 598 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:35,480 That's the thing for me is like being prepared myself for that. 599 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:40,520 So we did we did this on Arizona because I had been down there. 600 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:44,600 You can go Gatlinburg, Patron Forge and do rooftops. 601 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:49,960 And I got the other hiking that it's like a little more than just, 602 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:56,280 you know, these half mile waterfalls that Matthew and Molly barely finish. 603 00:27:56,280 --> 00:28:01,640 So so if you guys are listeners have done this with your kids. 604 00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:05,920 Yeah. We would love to hear or you plan on doing this with your kids. We would love to hear that. 605 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:17,040 Call, give us a call. Our voice mail is 574-213-8702 or you can send feedback at feedback@dudesandadspodcast.com. 606 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:21,600 Yeah, that'd be helpful. I would, I would love some ideas. Like, and I think Josiah and I are having 607 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:27,120 the conversation now about what we're gonna, what we're gonna do. I, but I would love ideas about 608 00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:33,120 Anything that does have to do with some wilderness or outdoor stuff that seems to be what he 609 00:28:33,120 --> 00:28:35,200 has discussed with me and talked about. 610 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:37,200 So we'll see. 611 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:40,880 We'll take all the ideas that we can get. 612 00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:41,880 So. 613 00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:45,440 Anything else you want to tell us about your trip? 614 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:46,440 No. 615 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:48,440 I don't think so. 616 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:51,840 I'm glad we've covered it. 617 00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:52,840 All right. 618 00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:56,640 So since you're in studio, I want you to do the pop quiz thing right now. 619 00:28:56,640 --> 00:29:00,320 Now it's time for the do's and desks pop quiz. All right, there we go 620 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:04,220 I was gonna push the button, but I'm like you're sitting right here. So I'm gonna let you do it perfect 621 00:29:04,220 --> 00:29:09,620 All right, so you have a hundred thousand dollars. You have to donate or create a charity. What do you do? 622 00:29:09,620 --> 00:29:15,040 Donate or create a charity or where do you donate it to well? 623 00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:19,560 Creating a charity costs a lot of money in itself. Oh, okay 624 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:23,240 So I feel like it'd be more money you can give more money 625 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:27,540 then creating a charity because if you create the charity you have to keep funding that. 626 00:29:27,540 --> 00:29:28,540 Sure. 627 00:29:28,540 --> 00:29:32,040 Where you can just give to a charity and we'll keep in the... 628 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:33,600 What kind of charity do you think you'd give to? 629 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:34,600 I don't know. 630 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:37,000 Would you give to a charity? 631 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:39,840 I don't know maybe that your dad is responsible for. 632 00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:40,840 Probably. 633 00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:41,840 Okay, good answer. 634 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:42,840 Thank you. 635 00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:43,840 He's your next big donor, Joel. 636 00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:46,440 That's what we're hoping for. 637 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:50,720 Aaron, let's... 638 00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:54,880 We're just going to ask the last zombie question because I was like of your siblings of the 639 00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:58,360 four of you, who makes it the longest in the zombie apocalypse? 640 00:29:58,360 --> 00:29:59,360 Just I makes it the longest. 641 00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:00,360 I think so. 642 00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:01,360 I think so. 643 00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:02,360 I think he would totally do that. 644 00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:03,360 100%. 645 00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:04,360 Yeah. 646 00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:07,840 He's scrappy and he's just like Michael and he's good at the outdoors. 647 00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:09,480 Yeah, probably resourcefulness. 648 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:10,480 That's right. 649 00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:12,440 Although Michael said had a when Mike was on. 650 00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:13,440 So that's interesting. 651 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:17,920 That's a really, I think the zombie question does really get the heart of a lot of things. 652 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:20,880 If you put Molly and Heidi together, I think they make it longer. 653 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:21,880 I don't know about that. 654 00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:22,880 I think they would just... 655 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:26,440 They'd be doing their own thing like, "Oh, no, a zombie's here." 656 00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:27,440 Yeah, shit. 657 00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:28,440 That's funny. 658 00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:29,440 All right. 659 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:33,160 If you had to delete all but three apps from your phone, which ones would you keep? 660 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:34,160 Okay. 661 00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:35,160 So I keep MLB.com. 662 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:36,160 Okay. 663 00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:37,160 Do I watch baseball? 664 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:38,160 Yeah. 665 00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:43,360 Um, I would do I'd keep 666 00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:46,520 um 667 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:49,080 Google Docs 668 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:55,880 Cuz Google Docs is like it's so it's so much easier 669 00:30:55,880 --> 00:31:02,760 To to do like schoolwork, you know like where you can just like like if you're writing an essay 670 00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:10,360 You don't have to write it or type it you just voice do it you do it on a computer, but it's not as good gotcha and then 671 00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:14,640 I'd keep a game, but what one you keeping your 672 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:20,360 Does like the phone app does the phone count you can't delete the phone app so I don't think that counts okay 673 00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:25,480 You can delete the app store. Yeah, but you can't delete the phone app. You're gonna get it's gonna remain a phone 674 00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:31,760 I see you're gonna have phone you're gonna have phone and text messages and texting still okay, all right 675 00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:34,560 Gotcha. Yeah. Um, 676 00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:38,160 And then the app store 677 00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:41,960 Yeah, because if it deletes everything, you just got to keep your options open. Yeah, I get it 678 00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:45,300 You could do you could do free trials and a second they not downloading anything 679 00:31:45,300 --> 00:31:50,760 Wow way to work the angles nice job, but I see I'm raising your right 680 00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:53,620 Aaron 681 00:31:53,620 --> 00:31:55,620 If you had 682 00:31:55,620 --> 00:31:59,340 One meal that you had to eat for the rest of your life. What would that meal be? 683 00:31:59,340 --> 00:32:04,340 Not cheese curd. 684 00:32:04,340 --> 00:32:19,100 Um, uh, I don't know. 685 00:32:19,100 --> 00:32:21,820 Like what would you say is like your favorite is your favorite? 686 00:32:21,820 --> 00:32:25,820 What do you eat? 687 00:32:25,820 --> 00:32:26,820 Chicken Alfred. 688 00:32:26,820 --> 00:32:28,580 I like mom's chicken Alfredo. 689 00:32:28,580 --> 00:32:30,380 I'm chicken Alfredo is pretty pretty good. 690 00:32:30,380 --> 00:32:31,720 - That's good. 691 00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:34,080 - Or spaghetti tacos. 692 00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:34,920 - Okay. 693 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:35,760 - One of those three. 694 00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:37,520 - All right dude, you have successfully passed 695 00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:39,320 the dudes and dads pop quiz. 696 00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:40,160 - Let's go. 697 00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:41,120 - Way to go. 698 00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:42,160 Okay. 699 00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:43,000 Hey everybody. 700 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:45,440 First of all, Aaron thanks buddy for coming back on. 701 00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:46,640 Well done. 702 00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:47,640 Well done. 703 00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:50,760 Everyone we appreciate you hanging in there with us 704 00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:54,280 and listening to this episode. 705 00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:57,480 As always you can head over to dudesanddadspodcast.com 706 00:32:57,480 --> 00:33:01,760 for all the show notes, all the goodies and yeah, give back with us on this 707 00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:05,520 episode. 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