I just returned from an awesome and amazing Objectivist Vacation. I'll tell you about mine, then you say what your idea of an Objectivist Vacation is.

I had the best vacation. I visited the Hallings, who are marvelous hosts. We had great food (One of the places we ate the Sushi was so fresh I'm sure it was swimming not 5 minutes before it was on the plate), great conversations and in my book just a darn good time. Some sightseeing, some sup boarding, lots of whale watching and meeting people of all over the world, though North America was the predominant origin. It was the most marvelous experience to spend a week talking with rational, logical people.

There were no shades of gray. A is A. I wish db had been my philosophy professor in college. He turns a muddled gray mass into coherent, logical explanations. Kh had me check a premise. It was AWESOME!! The total immersion into rational thought and how right it is was really brought home to me when I was returning home. The sudden onslaught of illogical and incompetent was like a physical blow it was so stunning. An example; my flight from Denver to Missoula was delayed, then we finally boarded and proceeded to the deice station where me sat for over an hour because the weather deteriorated. They were required to return us to the gate and let us deplane if we choose, but we had to remain close.

The girl in the seat next to me on this little Tinker Toy airplane that was only slightly larger than my guitar and stuffed with people and I both decided to get off and use the restroom. The only bathroom anywhere near our gate had barricades put up by the cleaning staff. The girl asked the cleaning lady where the next closest bathroom was, and she indicated a long way off. I asked if we could use the bathroom here anyway because the other was to far from our gate. She just gave me the typical blankout stare and said it's closed. I asked her to see if whoever was inside cleaning would let us in and she said no and walked off drinking her soda. I looked at the girl and said “I hate incompetent people” moved the barricades aside and she followed me inside, where there was no one.

It turned out just as we walked out they were calling us to reboard.

Everyone was in their seats, the doors closed they tell us we have to go deice again, then the Captain comes out of the cockpit. “Ladies and gentlemen. The weather has deteriorated again. The crew and I are willing but our dispatch says that since we would have to go back an deice after this band of snow the crew will be over hours, the flight is cancelled. Sorry.” If only I had known about the cancellation a few hours earlier.

Winterwind and CyberWizard drove through the snow storm to come visit me at the airport between flights. We were having a wonderful time and I was loving the conversation until it was time to get to the other (of course) end of the airport for my flight to nowhere.

Despite any travel woes, lack of sleep in airports (I think the total is close to 3 days no sleep in the airport) I had the best time with wonderful Objectivists. The moral of my story is, that when you spend some time around rational, thinking human beings, it is glaring, shocking and stunning to realize what we are surrounded with on a day to day basis. Patricia in Joe vs the Volcano: “My father says that almost the whole world is asleep. Everybody you know. Everybody you see. Everybody you talk to. He says that only a few people are awake and they live in a state of constant total amazement. “

What does your amazing Objectivist vacation look like?

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