Day 758: 5 Minute Freewrite: Sunday - Prompt: trip

This is my post for #freewrite Sunday prompt trip hosted by @mariannewest

When I was young my Dad was involved with politicians of some sort. When he went on a trip to these meetings he took us with him. The earliest trip that I remember was to St Louis Mo. We meet the grandson or great-grandson, I am not sure which he was, of Judge William Roy Bean he was known as the hanging judge, that is the only reason I remember him, He had the same name as his grandfather. I could not tell you who the other people were but I do remember going to the Budweiser Co and getting a tour of their place.

On the next trip we went to was to the Capital of Alabama I met George Wallace and his wife, I have autograph pictures of them, they were very nice and us kids had free run of the building which had winding staircases and each floor you could look down and see all the seats where they had their meetings. I can still see it in my head.

We went to Hot Springs Arkansas and stayed at the Arlinton Hotel, Dad had a room that adjoined another room and a large living room, it was the biggest hotel room I had ever been in. The hotel had an elevator operator but I can not remember his name. He became a friend to all of us kids and we found out he had false teeth. We told Dad we wanted to buy him a gift, so Dad gave us some money. Being kids and never knowing anyone with false teeth we thought poly grip would be a nice gift, we did not know what it did but knew it was for false teeth. We gave him our gift and he just loved it, we were so happy that we had given him something that he loved. Not till years later did I know what poly grip was for and felt bad for giving him that for a gift of friendship.