Hi Ho and away we go! Just signed up on your site! I'm one of the many homeless refugees from solotripping and glad to find an eddy. Thanks for having me. So Willis, your feeling frustrated, I know the condition well. This summer and I use that term loosely, has been the wettest I can remember, and when I could get away I couldn't bring myself to go when I knew it would be a drowned rat proposition.
If I may offer a couple of "on the other hand" considerations. Graduations are a occasion for congratulation! Good job Dad! You may remember that movie with Tom Hanks where he was on that desert island? And he had to knock out his tooth with an ice skate? No kidding, ever after that when I'm in the dentist chair and the needle with the novacane goes sliding in, I'm grateful.
Best Wishes, Rob