Dinosaurs, and volcanoes in Wyoming.
Holden: “I’m glad I’m not a dinosaur. They lived a long time ago, like a hundred and sixty-one years.”
Dad: “It was longer than that.”
Holden: “Yeah. Like a hundred and sixty-TWO years.”
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Holden: “How do volcanoes hurt you?”
Dad: “They’re SO hot that it melts the rocks, and then those melted rocks shoot out like rain and burn everything they land on.”
Holden: “Where are the volcanoes?”
Dad: “Hawaii has volcanoes.”
Holden: “No, that place that you went to get our fireworks.”
Dad: “Wyoming?”
Holden: “Yeah. The volcanoes in Wyoming.”
And there you have it. Geography 101. Next week, I’ll be going to be the beach. In Wyoming.
