Thriftyness
What will Dad drive across town for to ensure he is getting the best price
What is gas or milk?
Before Granddad will start the car he asks this question.
Is everybody buckled up?
The first vacations with grandkids were taken to this town in Rhode Island.
What is Narragansett?
Hulk Hogan, Jimmy Snuka, and The Iron Shiek were stars of this entertainment company that the kids loved but Granddad could not stand.
What is the WWF (or WWE)?
Home to Old Faithful geyser.
What is Yellowstone?
Granddad used a map of this smallest state from 1980 because he couldn’t find a new map of just that state.
What is Rhode Island?
Granddad went to college in this big city, where White Sox games were only a few blocks away.
What is Chicago?
Family had a great vacation house on the beach here, and the second year it was even better.
What is Hilton Head?
In 1988 Grandad, Grandma and Ann visit this California National Park
What is Yosemite?
The family visited this national park on Maine's shoreline in the 1970s.
What is Arcadia?
This crisis in the 1970’s is the reason the Macdonald’s never used the clothes dryer, even in the winter.
What is the 1973 oil crisis?
Although a Yankee fan granddad preferred Fenway Park for this reason.
What is easier parking?
A favorite activity on family vacation is trying to get a hole in one while playing this.
What is mini-golf?
The year did Mike and Steve get their own bedrooms and the family got cable TV.
What is 1986?
This park is in the mountains near Granddad’s birthplace of Denver.
What is Rocky Mountain National Park?
The Macdonalds missed out on this all-time block buster movie because it was never at the 99-cent movie theater.
What is Star Wars?
This favored signer also shared his name with Granddad’s birth city
Who is John Denver?
This Delaware beach town was a change in pace for vacation after Rhode Island.
What is Bethany Beach?
The family gets rid of the station wagon and replaces it with one of these new vehicles.
What is a minivan?
On day one at this national park Adam ended up at the ER
What is Zion?
Dad cleans, dries and reuses this product which is recommended by all dentists.
What is dental floss?
Dad kept a piece of paper above the car visor to keep track of this.
What is gas mileage?
It is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, but it does not have good wifi.
What is the Grand Canyon?
While on vacation here it was so hot Granddad agreed to drive around with the a/c on just to stay cool.
What is Florida?
Located in Kentucky the family visited this park in the 1980s, on the same trip as the Tuskegee Institute.
What is Mammouth Cave?