The Democratic National Convention Is At Fault

Planning a SPUR OF THE MOMENT family reunion can be filled with drama, suspense, and pathos.

This all came about last Monday when our son in Kansas said he and his wife were taking a couple weeks vacation and wanted to go to Colorado to see siblings. An innocent question, such as, "Do you think you will be anywhere near?" started the sequence.

A father's rich memories of him and his children traipsing around Manitou Springs, Colorado Springs, and the Sangre de Christo mountains of Labor Day weekends past fueled the upcoming events. The subsequent trip down memory lane and the reminder of Labor Day Weekend brought long ago to the here and now. See what Manitou Springs has to offer a visitor at http://www.manitousprings.org

His grown children, some with families of their own, were magically made young again in his heart and mind.

Telephone calls followed and plans were made to reclaim those long ago days of a loving father spending time with the children of his heart.

A daughter in Denver with her family and a new child on the way says "Yes". The son and his wife from Kansas say "Yes". A daughter in Parker says "Yes". A son in Denver says "Yes". A son temporarily in Platteville, and lives in Kansas, says "Yes". A daughter and her husband in Chandler, AZ says "Yes. A daughter in Los Angeles, CA says "Yes".

This father, Joe, had a spring in his step, a smile on his face, and a song in his heart. His life couldn't be any better. He counted himself rich beyond any means. He was going to have his children with him again for a family outing over Labor Day Weekend. Just like long ago.

Joe called the Flying W Ranch in Colorado Springs and reserved a whole table section for Saturday, August 30, 2008. More telephone calls were made informing the children of the date and time for the Flying W Ranch. These calls included a lot of " Do you remember when we...". This man was feeling young again. Check out Flying W Ranch here http://www.flyingw.com

The next round of telephone calls brought him crashing down in a tail spin. Not one hotel room would be available on August 28th from Castle Rock, CO in the south to Cheyenne, WY in the north. Not one. He was devastated. The last hotel he called and was turned down he asked why there were no rooms available.

The Democratic National Convention will be held in Denver, CO this year and every hotel is booked.

The Democratic National Convention had ruined all his plans. He was hurt and really bummed.

Text messages flew then. Stop, we can't have our reunion. We'll have to do it another time. Maybe the following weekend. The children were disheartened by this news but reluctantly agreed to the change of plans.

Two days later a clearer head prevailed. We are still having our family reunion as originally planned. We will be leaving for Colorado a couple days later.

AFTER the Democratic National Convention.

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