Mike's Grins & Gripes
by Mike Levitt

My wife had a good idea awhile back. She gets those – the “good” kind – every once in a while. “Let’s go on a family vacation!”
Since our kids are not into RVing, and she is not into druggin’ and draggin’ ‘em into our rig, I wasn’t sure at first what she meant. This “ignorance is bliss” state lasted for mere moments.

“We really can’t take a lot of other people in our rig,” I reminded her. “It may be twice as long as our first little 18-footer (which, by the way, slept five) but it only comfortably sleeps two.”

“You’re right,” she quickly, and too-cheerfully, replied, “then let’s get the whole family to go on a cruise together!”
Point-of-explanation: I’m strictly a motorhome-vacation-type-of-guy, but the wife l-o-o-v-es cruising, especially on ships with casinos. (Maybe if I installed a slot machine in our rig I could win her back? Of course, I’d get to pick the ‘drink girl.’)
Now, since I have always lacked siblings, and my folks are long gone, I correctly guessed she meant her side of the family. Which was OK. My brothers-in-law are at least a notch above the average in-laws, (there is absolutely no truth to the rumor that the James Brothers had been reincarnated via cloning) as are their wives and kids, and their kids’ kids. (If you like kids; but that’s fodder for another column.)...

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