{"id":48,"date":"2002-11-08T01:07:05","date_gmt":"2002-11-08T01:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plan.thewoottons.com\/?p=48"},"modified":"2002-11-08T01:07:05","modified_gmt":"2002-11-08T01:07:05","slug":"dinner-for-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plan.thewoottons.com\/?p=48","title":{"rendered":"Dinner for One"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the strangest things about traveling on business is going out for
\na meal and eating alone. On my first business meal, I quickly realized
\nthat I never eat alone in a public place. My pizza is delivered,
\nmy fast food is taken to go, and my Chinese is carried out. I never
\ngo to a restaurant, greet a waitress, and make an order for one.
\nBut that’s exactly what I did on Thursday. Only one
\nmenu<\/a> please. Thank
\nyou.<\/p>\n

When that business trip takes you to a tropical paradise, you
\nmiss more than just a little chat over a side salad.
\nYou miss the ability to share the experience.<\/p>\n

On my first to Hawaii, I had a single day to myself for sightseeing.
\nI had a car, a map, and a list of destinations. I traveled to several
\nstunning waterfalls and visited one of the more unique places
\non earth:
\nVolcano National Park<\/a>.
\nI was able to witness water plunging
\ninto the volcanic rock. I was able hike through a real life rain forest.
\nI scampered through a lava tube and peered into the deep caldera of
\na live volcano. However, I did it all completely alone.<\/p>\n

I resorted to telephone calls to get some company.<\/p>\n

\n“Hey babe, guess where I am?”<\/p>\n

\n“Mom, you wouldn’t believe what I’m seeing”<\/p><\/div>\n

Now I don’t want to sound that I pined by the phone pleading for
\nattention. There were certainly some advantages to my plight.
\nI could move at my own pace. I could see exactly what I wanted to see
\nfor exactly as long as I wanted to see it. It was a day like no other.
\nBut it just helps to have some company. It helps to have my wife along
\nfor the ride.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow, I’ll likely wake to a glorious sunrise, where streaks of light paint the
\nbay outside my
\nhotel<\/a>
\nwindow and glisten along the rocky coast. All my
\nwife will see of this is a simple photo. A photo could never do this
\nscene justice. A thousand photos couldn’t communicate just how bad I
\nwant her see it for herself.<\/p>\n

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