Synchronized Swimmers, Groundhogs in Cars, & Cousins Found on Airplanes: Listener Episode #16

Summary

Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers
Synchronized Swimmers, Groundhogs in Cars, & Cousins Found on Airplanes – Listener Episode #16
Date: September 25, 2025
Hosts: Seth Meyers & Josh Meyers

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Episode Overview

This listener episode of Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers is a heartwarming and hilarious installment where brothers Seth and Josh Meyers share and react to stories submitted by fans about unforgettable (and often chaotic) family trips. With stories ranging from unexpected relatives on airplanes, bizarre animal encounters in car engines, to spontaneous synchronized swimming competitions aboard cruise ships, Seth and Josh reflect on the joys and quirks of family and travel. The episode also fielded listener questions about their podcast theme song, family pets, and featured their trademark playful banter.

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Key Discussion Points & Listener Stories

1. Warm-up: Family Lists, Sports Radio, and the Magic of Podcasts

MM:SS 00:00–05:58

• Seth jokes about asking their dad for a list of his top three favorite podcast listeners, highlighting their family’s affection for lists and action plans.
• There’s a playful discussion about their parents' car rides: the only thing they agree on is listening to the brothers’ podcast.
• They riff about the phenomenon of sports radio, with Josh admitting not getting it, and Seth sharing his love for sports-related podcasts, especially during football season (“I like listening to Bill Simmons and Cousin Sal … I feel like I know them now.” – Seth, 02:42).
• Fun aside about terrible baseball puns from radio announcers (“By the third inning, the Pirates announcers have made so many terrible rushing puns.” – Seth, 04:14).
• Seth and Josh express excitement over Jeff Tweedy’s triple album release and joke about possibly sneaking their podcast jingle onto it.

2. Listener Story #1: The Infinite Family Tree in Somerville

Brenda from Somerville, MA
MM:SS 06:27–12:24

Story Summary:

• Brenda recounts how her mom, traveling for the first time, unexpectedly ends up babysitting a random 8-year-old boy during a travel delay. Her mother deduces—over the phone with the boy’s mom—that he's a distant cousin (thanks to their vast, rural Maine family tree) and hosts him overnight.

Notable Moments:

• Seth: “They had so many relations that when there’s an unaccompanied minor, they’re like, he’s probably one of ours!” (07:54)
• Josh brings up Iceland’s “Hello Cousin” app, sparking riffs on Icelandic gene pools and a running blue balls joke:
  • Josh: “Not a thing.”
    Seth: “Wow. That’s a real hot take. A hot take on cold balls.”
    (12:11–12:20)

Themes:

• The comedy and absurdity of huge extended families
• The beloved rite of passage for unaccompanied kid travelers
• Family hospitality and weird sleepovers with surprise cousins

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3. Listener Story #2: The Groundhog in the Car Engine

Daniel from Philadelphia, PA
MM:SS 17:28–27:59

Story Summary:

• Daniel recalls a family vacation to Wellfleet, Cape Cod, which is upended when they discover their car infested with flies (and a terrible smell). Turns out—a dead groundhog is under the hood, discovered only after driving for hours. Daniel’s dad, denied help by animal control (“Animal control is only for animals that are alive”), uses a double-bag “dog poop method” to remove the, ahem, “less-than-whole” groundhog remains himself.

Notable Moments:

• Seth: “Do you know what it is when you find a groundhog dead in your car? Two more weeks of summer.” (22:05)
• Daniel, relaying his dad’s resourcefulness and gallows humor, gets much love from the brothers (“Massive shout out to my dad for dealing with that. Great vibes going out to the groundhog.”)
• The Meyers brothers riff on their own animal body removal adventures (from dead skunks to accidental mouse euthanasia):
  • Seth: “I can get rid of a dead skunk … a skunk carcass, I’ll go to town.” (23:33)
  • Josh: “That was how that mouse met its end.” (26:05)
  • Seth: “If given the choice, I would prefer hammer [over flushing].” (26:09)
• Josh shares an Amsterdam story where a pigeon met the “hammer option” in graphic local fashion.

Themes:

• The hidden horrors of vacation rentals and road trips
• Dads stepping up for the really gross jobs
• Family problem-solving under pressure
• Animal mishaps inspire collective family legends

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4. Listener Story #3: Synchronized Swimming College Bros

Cheryl from Wilmette, IL
MM:SS 29:05–37:17

Story Summary:

• Cheryl describes a 2012 family cruise when her college-aged sons, Jesse and Rob, unexpectedly star in an impromptu synchronized swimming competition. Not only do they dazzle the crowd with “Chariots of Fire” handstands and fountain imitations, but they also become minor celebrities on the cruise—winning sports tournaments, karaoke, and even befriending elderly gamblers at Texas Hold’em.

Notable Moments:

• Cheryl: “I get in line behind a group of girls in bikinis waiting to talk to them ... I literally don’t know what question to ask first.” (31:40)
• Cheryl’s closing: “It’s a lot of fun being their mom ... I didn’t know when the four of us would be vacationing together again.” (32:45)
• Seth (choked up): “Now I’m getting choked up ... What more could you ask than to have kids that are gamers?” (33:05)
• Josh: “Wildcats.” (34:10)
• Both brothers reminisce about orchestrating their own (terribly uncoordinated, but fun) poolside synchronized swimming contests on guys’ weekends.

Themes:

• The joy of witnessing your kids create spontaneous fun—and notoriety
• Bittersweet moments as family adventures become rarer with age
• The quirky traditions and rituals that become family legend

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Engaging Q&A and Personal Reflections

1. Jeff Tweedy’s Podcast Theme Song

Terry from Minneapolis
MM:SS 40:03–43:42

• Terry asks about the parameters given to Jeff Tweedy for writing the “Family Trips” song.
• Seth: “We never gave parameters, we never gave length ... It was one of the great hit plays of my life.” (41:43)
• Josh reflects on how much he loves the jingle, even at double speed.
• Seth links this personal experience to another one—having his favorite band, The Hold Steady, write a song about his son: “When I first got a song from my favorite band about my son … Burst into tears.” (43:22)

2. Question about Frisbee (Seth’s Late Dog) & Family Pets

Ayla
MM:SS 43:53–49:07

• Ayla asks if Seth’s family is considering another dog, and Josh is asked for an update on his own dogs.
• Seth: “I think they started from a weird place where ... Frisbee was an old dog ... So while they’re sad Frisbee’s gone, they’re not like, we gotta get another one of those.” (44:10)
• Josh updates on his elderly dog Debbie and his sweet-natured dog Woody (“He’s the nicest dog I’ve ever had.” – 46:28).
• Seth reflects on the everyday rituals you miss with a gone pet, like his dog’s “helicopter” move in bed.
• Both express gratitude for the love and memories pets bring.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On comedy and grief:
  “I’m sorry I cried twice.” – Seth (49:11), showing the emotional resonance of these listener stories.
• On sibling humor:
  “That’s a real hot take. That’s a hot take on cold balls.” – Seth (12:15)
• On family travel mishaps:
  “Dead groundhog … That place is only open from Monday through Friday.” – Seth (22:05)
• On kids growing up:
  “I didn’t know when the four of us would be vacationing together again.” – Cheryl (32:45)
• On audience love:
  “Thank you, listeners, for all your stories. We really love you guys. Even when they strike a nerve and they make Sufi cry.” – (Listener song, 49:49)

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Episode Structure & Timestamps

• 00:00–05:58: Banter on family lists, sports radio, and intro song jokes
• 06:27–12:24: Brenda’s cousin sleepover adventure + Meyers riffing on family trees & cultural quirks
• 17:28–27:59: Daniel’s Wellfleet groundhog saga + animal-removal mishaps and confessions
• 29:05–37:17: Cheryl’s cruise ship synchronized swimming sons + musings on family milestones
• 40:03–43:42: Q&A – How Jeff Tweedy’s song came to be
• 43:53–49:07: Q&A – Dogs loved and lost, and the evolving rules of pet ownership for families

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Closing: Listener Song Recap

MM:SS 49:49–End

• Producer Sam wraps the episode with a custom song summarizing each listener story (Brenda’s cousin, Daniel’s groundhog, Cheryl’s synched-up sons) with warmth and wit, echoing the episode’s heart and humor.

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Overall Tone:
Warm, playful, honest, occasionally tear-jerking, with a strong undercurrent of family affection and gentle ribbing.

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Takeaway

This episode is a love letter to family chaos—celebrating the weird, gross, joyful, and unforgettable moments of travel, and the indelible place of siblings, parents, and pets in our lives. Even for new listeners, it’s a welcoming, funny, and emotionally resonant ride, full of real-life anecdotes and sincere gratitude for the podcast’s community.

Transcript

[Seth]

Hey, Buggy.

[Josh]

Hey, Sufi.

[Seth]

It's time for another listener episode.

[Josh]

Yeah, I'm excited.

[Seth]

I like some questions, too. I like these. I feel like, you know what we should do now? We probably should have asked him earlier. I feel like we should ask dad at the end of the year for his top three favorite listeners.

[Josh]

Oh, yeah, that's not a bad idea.

[Seth]

I know dad would love another reason to start a list.

[Josh]

I feel like mom makes. Mom makes more lists than dad makes.

[Seth]

Yeah, dad makes, like, action plans. Yeah.

[Josh]

Yeah. This is like. He makes lists of things that he wants to remedy.

[Seth]

Dad's completely fallen victim to AI as a tool.

[Josh]

Oh, yeah. I was just home, and he was. He was telling me about it. He's like, I'm using ChatGPT. It's so good.

[Seth]

That's a very, very good data pressure. I think when. When Frisbee died, I think he used CHAT gbt because I got a text from him being like, sharing condolences for the loss of your dog. Pets are important to family.

[Josh]

If he's used AI on me, I haven't been able to detect it yet.

[Seth]

Yeah, right. Do you think mom is bullish and excited about his use of AI? You know what she's doing? She's rolling her AIs.

[Josh]

I.

[Seth]

You know what, though? I do want to now give a loving shout out to Ponca Yeri, who has been sending some very nice texts recently about when he. When we get good zingers in. Oh, yeah.

[Josh]

He doesn't mind sort of being on the receiving end, I feel like.

[Seth]

No. But also, you know, every now and then, it's just. Oh, that was really. I. You know, again, nothing makes me happier than him saying, oh, Pashi said something about Mommy. And we both laugh so hard in the car listening to it.

[Josh]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Seth]

I mean, what a. What a. What a good situation for them right now that they just go on car.

[Josh]

Rides and listen to us?

[Seth]

Well, pretty much the only thing they agree on is us.

[Josh]

Yeah. I've been in the car. McDad will listen to some sports radio. And you have. In your past.

[Seth]

In my past. Yeah. It's not a big part of my life.

[Josh]

And I mean, no disrespect to people who broadcast sports radio, but I don't get it.

[Seth]

Yeah.

[Josh]

And if you're not into it, it's one of the worst things you could possibly listen to 100%. Yeah.

[Seth]

I'm gonna say that I. You know, not only do I listen to, first of all, only in football season. Right. I like listening to Bill Simmons and Cousin Sal, who. And they have a weekly podcast. And I love it. I genuinely love it. I think they're both really good. And it's that thing with podcasts. I feel like I know them now, and so I like listening to it. But then I will listen to.

[Josh]

Just.

[Seth]

Podcasts about the Steelers, and I never, when it's over, think I couldn't have done that. You know what I mean? I'm always just like, you know what I mean? Like, and it's great and I love it and it's comfort and I'm again, no shade. But I've never, like, they never have more insight than like you and I would have watching the game.

[Josh]

Right, right. You know, and like, I do, I do enjoy sports on the radio. I'll, you know, I'll listen to a basketball game. Baseball is historically like one of the best possible ways to experience a baseball game. People that do those play by play and color commentary are just so good at it. But it's the, it's the chatter afterwards.

[Seth]

That we were listening. We were driving up to our fantasy weekend and I was in a car, which was a real gift to be on a two hour drive with one of our old friends, Kevin Cohen.

[Josh]

Yeah.

[Seth]

Who's a fellow Pittsburgh Pirate fan. And we were listening to the Pirates on the radio, and he was so lovely because you can just kind of talk over it and. And then you listen to a couple guys. But the Dodgers have a catcher whose last name is Rushing, and by the third inning, the Pirates announcers have made so many terrible rushing puns. Like, everybody's like, well, he's certainly not rushing down to first Real. It was brutal.

[Josh]

Yeah. Hey, before we get into this today, I think, I believe this is gonna come out on like September 25th or something like that.

[Seth]

Cool.

[Josh]

And on the 26th, Jeff Tweedy is dropping a triple album called Twilight Override.

[Seth]

Wow.

[Josh]

So the dude who you all know from his maybe most famous track, family.

[Seth]

Trips with the Myers brothers. Yeah. His shortest and most famous track. Yeah.

[Josh]

Putting out a trip, dropping a triple album.

[Seth]

That's very exciting. Now, I would imagine when you fill up three albums, you probably throw your podcast jingles on there.

[Josh]

Probably. We might be on there. Yeah. Or maybe on a. A demo track on the third album, way @ the bottom.

[Seth]

I mean, one of my favorite albums of all time, it's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. And you can listen. I mean, I think there's like a ten disc box set of all the demos. It would be really funny if he had done 15 different versions of Family trips. Instead of what likely happened. He pressed record, saying the first thing that came to his mind and send it out.

[Josh]

Yeah, also I. Yeah, I believe he. You talked to. Talked to him about it once and he had forgotten that he had done it, so.

[Seth]

Totally forgotten he done it.

[Josh]

Yes.

[Seth]

The guy writes a lot of songs, but he does, I will say, he's also very funny. So it might have just been a little bit of a burn. Yeah, yeah, it might have been a little bit. A little trip to Burntown.

[Josh]

But I've. Yeah, I saw that was coming out and I've already pre saved it. And I'm very excited to hear our buddy Jeff.

[Seth]

I'm very excited to hear some listener stories. We're gonna call in our producer Sam, who of our two producers, Sam and Jeff, is our favorite. That is what I love to hear because Jeff's always riding us about like, did you hit record? You're not in the frame. Just, you know, it's a real taskmaster. Well, we have some really good stories for you today and a couple questions. All right. That I'm excited to play for you. All right, let's get going.

[Brenda]

This is Brenda from Somerville, Mass. And this isn't a trip that I went on, but one where my family visited me. I have to preface it by saying that I grew up in rural Maine and have a giant family. My grandmother had 60 something grandchildren and 80 something great grandchildren. And the extent of family goes on from there. So my mom would often surprise me by telling me someone was related to me. Like, I had a crush on a boy in the fifth grade, and when my mom met his mom, all they talked about was what relatives we had in common. Anyway, so my mom and my aunt were flying from Maine to visit my sister in Florida, and it was the first time my mom had ever flown, so she was nervous. But when they went to transfer in Boston, it turned out that their next flight was canceled and they were stuck there until the next day. Luckily, I lived nearby so they could spend the night at my house. But when they showed up, they had a random eight year old in tow. Apparently he was traveling alone to see his dad. And never having met him before, my mom somehow figured out that he was a distant cousin and convinced his mom over the phone to let him spend the night with us. He was a sweet kid and we were happy to help him out. We spent a fun evening visiting. They made it to Florida the next day. But I couldn't imagine what his mom thought when she got the call from the airline people. Who helped unaccompanied minors asking if he could stay with his unknown family member. Anyway, thanks for the podcast.

[Josh]

Oh, that's so great.

[Seth]

I just like that they had so many relations that when there's an unaccompanied minor, they're like, he's probably one of ours.

[Josh]

Yeah, we got him.

[Seth]

Was he. He left from Maine. Yeah, he's probably one of ours.

[Josh]

There's a. I believe there's an app in Iceland to help Icelandic people determine whether or not they're related to someone that you might meet in a bar.

[Seth]

And hook up with.

[Josh]

And I believe, like, hello cousin is pretty much like, hello, friend.

[Seth]

Yes. There's a real chance in an incredible country full of attractive people that sadly, you might be related.

[Josh]

Yeah, I do. I mean, what a great circumstance to have. You know, if your mom has to get on a plane and, you know, to be delayed on a trip is a real bummer, especially to be delayed a full day. But to be able to have them show up at your house in Somerville and spend a night, it's so nice and convenient. And I feel like unless I was very, very busy, I would always be so happy to sort of open my door to someone who was passing through that was. That was family.

[Seth]

I just like sending, you know, I think it's a rite of passage for a kid that age, you know, 8 years old, to travel alone. And it's so funny to say now you're gonna get on the plane, they're gonna take good care of you. And, you know, if at any point you meet a distant cousin, obviously you're gonna sleep at a house you've never been in with them. We had a cousin of ours Visit from Austin, 8 year old boy, and he came and he came and stayed with us for a week, but. But he had to fly by himself. And it was really, very cool that this little dude did it by himself and was so proud of himself for having arrived in New York City.

[Josh]

Yeah. Do you think he was an ass ache on the plane?

[Seth]

No, he's a good kid. Okay. Yeah, he's a good kid. Whereas I think mine would be the other way.

[Josh]

Yeah, Well, I think when you're an unaccompanied minor, you get free. Free drinks, right?

[Seth]

Yeah. I mean, well, they don't. They give. They. They sort of suggest them if you reach a point where they don't want to deal with you anymore.

[Josh]

Right. They're like maybe a Jack and Ginger to shut you up.

[Seth]

Addie likes taking a sip of my coffee. No, sorry. Addy likes smelling my coffee.

[Josh]

Every morning when I have it, she.

[Seth]

Wants to hold it over.

[Josh]

I get that.

[Seth]

Yeah. And. And then the other day, Axel said, let me take a sniff. And then, of course, I handed to him, and he just took a big old slug of coffee. And based on any. Everything you've heard about Axel, hopefully you know that that's not what he needs.

[Josh]

Yeah.

[Seth]

No one's like, get a little more caffeine in him.

[Josh]

There's a great coffee store. I don't know if you've ever taken Addie into it near you. It's just this Puerto Rican coffee place.

[Seth]

That has these just huge bags and.

[Josh]

Like, just full of beans, and it's. I love going in there. I will always get a cup of coffee when I'm in New York City there. But more than anything else, I just like walking in and the smell sort of smells.

[Seth]

Yeah. Should we go back to how often people in Iceland almost hook up with their cousins? Sure. Do you think when they say blue balls there, it's that they realized at the last minute they're about to have sex with their cousin? Or do you think they say blue balls because it's just so cold there that their balls are just. Oh, yeah. Naturally blue?

[Josh]

I don't know. Yeah.

[Seth]

Is that like. Can you use blue balls as an expression if your balls are blue all the time? I guess what I'm getting at.

[Josh]

I think that's not fair.

[Seth]

Yeah.

[Josh]

You know, I have a. I mean, no, this is a family show, but I have a. I have a stance on blue balls.

[Seth]

Interesting.

[Josh]

That men will not appreciate, but I stand by it.

[Seth]

Okay.

[Josh]

Not a thing.

[Seth]

Not a thing.

[Josh]

It's not a thing. It's an excuse that guys say. They're like, oh, it hurts. I have to. Otherwise, I get.

[Seth]

Oh, wow. Wow.

[Josh]

Not real.

[Seth]

Not real.

[Josh]

Not real. Never been real. Yeah. Yeah.

[Seth]

So that's a real hot take. That's a hot take on cold balls.

[Josh]

Yeah. Thank you, Brenda.

[Seth]

Thank you.

[Josh]

Hey, we're gonna take a quick break and hear from some of our sponsors.

[Seth]

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[Josh]

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[Seth]

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[Josh]

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[Seth]

But it took forever to put it together. Right? Took, like, seven days of just hard, hard labor. Eight hours a day. No, tell me more. What?

[Josh]

No, it was pretty quick.

[Seth]

Really? Yeah. But, like, Pasci, were you bummed that there was only one version of the desk and you had to do that one with no modifications.

[Josh]

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[Seth]

And roller and you're no shorty.

[Josh]

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[Seth]

Still pretty hurtful considering I sit for the entirety of my talk show and you're just like attacking us.

[Josh]

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[Seth]

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[Josh]

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[Seth]

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[Josh]

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[Seth]

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[Seth]

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[Josh]

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[Seth]

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[Josh]

Yeah.

[Seth]

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[Josh]

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[Seth]

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[Seth]

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[Josh]

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[Seth]

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[Seth]

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[Daniel]

What's up Seth and Josh? My name is Daniel. I'm from Philly. I'm a huge fan of the pod. I started listening about a month ago and have just been tearing through episodes since then and it's just gotten me thinking a lot about the the trips I took growing up with my family. I come from a core four family as well, just like you two. My mom, my dad, my sister, and we grew up going to Wellfleet for a number of years. Wellfleet is on Cape Cod. It's really like a, you know, kind of hippie, crunchy granola part of the Cape. Really beautiful, really natural, lots of woods. And I just have so many great memories of going there every summer. We usually went right after school let out around late June. And when we went up, we would always divide the drive up into two days. So the first day we would go to our family friend's house in Greenwich, Connecticut, spend the night, see them, and then the next morning go the rest of the way to the Cape. And this is around 2002. And we drive up to Greenwich, spend the night, and there was a really bad storm that night. Raining and thunder and lightning the whole night. And it clears up by the daytime. So we get back in the car and make the rest of the trip to the Cape. And when we get to our house that we were renting for the week, we get out and kind of immediately notice that there are a lot of flies around and, you know, don't really think much of it. Our house is really nestled in the. In the woods. So we just kind of keep it pushing and go into the house and spend our first night. Next day, in the morning, we get out of the car or get out to the car to go to the beach, and we notice the flies are still there. So, you know, a little odd, but we. We just keep, keep, keep it moving to. To get to the. To the beach. And we. When we drive to the parking lot of the beach, the flies have followed us. So at this point, my dad turns to my mom and says, you know, I think we better check this out. My mom wisely moves me and my sister, you know, a little bit away, just not really sure what to expect. And my dad opens the hood of the car and immediately jumps back and yells out, and he finds a large dead groundhog slumped over the wheel under the hood. Flies everywhere, swarming around it, long dead. Our hypothesis is that he, during the storm in Greenwich, got his way into the hood. Not sure if he was going there to die or died later on, but he was long dead at this point. And, you know, the car had been running a fair bit since then, so he was a little bit cooked on there as well. So really not what you want to find in the middle of your vacation in the hood of your car. But my dad, ever the hero, decides to take care of this. And my mom and me and my sister stay at the beach. So he Drives back to the house and calls the town operator essentially to figure out what to do or who to help with this. And it's a Sunday, so all businesses that would normally be able to help him are closed and unavailable. And the operator, he basically asks, you know, is there anyone from animal control that can help me out with this? And she quickly corrects him and says, sir, animal control is only for animals that are alive. So she essentially tells him that he's on his own and wishes him luck and hangs up the phone. My dad then looks for, you know, anything in the around the house to help him remove this. And for years I was under the impression that he had used a stick or something to pry off the groundhog. And he corrected me when I cross referenced this story with him a couple weeks ago. And he told me that he only had large garbage bags, so essentially had to dog poop method this groundhog, you know, inversing the bag, getting it in and then, and then, you know, reversing it to put it in the bag. And he told me it did not all come off in one piece. So here's my dad in the middle of Wellfleet just removing a groundhog piece by piece, flies swarming around him, off of his car and, you know, has to double bag it, put it in the trash can near the house, and then promptly comes back to the pond where we are to immediately get in the water and wash off, rinse off the air of dead groundhog that he had been surrounded by for hours and hours. Massive shout out to my dad for dealing with that. And honestly, great vibes going out to the groundhog. Hope he's in a better place. And it really just lives on in our family stories as really just a memorable moment for Wellfleet, a memorable moment for our family, and hope you enjoyed it as well. Thanks so much, guys. Keep up the good work.

[Seth]

That's amazing. The only good thing about that. Do you know what it is when you find a groundhog dead in your car two more weeks of summer? Oh, I like that. All the places that could help were closed, like the groundhog morgue. Dead groundhog. That place is only open from Monday through Friday.

[Josh]

Yeah, yeah. Engine. Engine. Roadkill removal.

[Seth]

Engine cleanup.

[Josh]

Yeah, I'm very curious, Mackenzie. My wife, her family used to have, say it like Borat, Mackenzie. My wife, her family used to have a house in North Truro, which is very close to Wellfleet. And there is a pond that she always used to go to that she calls just the magical pond. And I wonder if that's where they were swimming at the time.

[Seth]

It was your. Your family used to. Sorry, sorry. Mackenzie's family had a tradition where they would kill groundhogs and put it in tourist cars. Yeah, it's really. I will say a couple of summers ago, there was a dead skunk under the porch at my in laws house, and my in laws weren't there. And I heard just Alexi and her sister talking about, like, what are we gonna do? Who are we gonna call to get the dead skunk? And blah, blah. And finally I kind of perked up. I was probably playing a word game or something on my phone.

[Josh]

That sounds good.

[Seth]

And I said, I can get rid of a dead skunk. And they were like, you can? And I'm like, yeah, dude, same thing. Like a live animal I want no part of, but like a skunk carcass, I'll go to town. Plus, I felt like if I could. If I could interact with a skunk carcass, I'd have a. Something to blame my odor on for the next couple days. Like a pre existing skunky order. You know, all of a sudden they could be like, oh, Seth stinks. And they'd be like, actually it's because he's helpful.

[Josh]

Yeah, you're still dining outside on that one.

[Seth]

Oh, I'm dining out on dead skunk. Put it on a little shovel, carried it, carried it over to the woods, gave it a big old chuck.

[Josh]

Oh, that was your solution?

[Seth]

One piece. I will say, like the two piece groundhog. That is definitely a. Yeah.

[Josh]

I left the car. I left my car in New Hampshire when I did that Pee Wee Herman show on Broadway and then went back and squirrels had moved into my sort of like, engine for the winter and had to get a bunch of stuff fixed up.

[Seth]

We've had our cars have been squirreled and you kind of know when you open up the hood and there's a. A thousand nutshells.

[Josh]

Yeah. You're like, this isn't. This isn't a nut car.

[Seth]

Yeah. Like, who put these nuts nuts?

[Josh]

Yeah, yeah. It's dead. Dead animals. It's hard to. Mackenzie never wants to, like, deal with them. And I get it. No one wants to. Yeah. But. But it is like you do sort of feel like you want to call animal control and you want someone to tell you what to do. I called dad once. My old dog Pickles had run onto our balcony and like, there was a mouse and he sort of like, you know, hit the mouse with his paw and I was like, get out of there. And the mouse was, like, struggling.

[Seth]

It wasn't. Yeah, it wasn't gonna recover from this one. Yeah.

[Josh]

But I got this mouse, and I had to put it out of its misery, which I, you know, I hate doing. And I didn't know what to do. And it's like, I don't. Am I going to get, like, a hammer? That seemed a little violent. And I called dad, and he. I was like, there's this mouse. I don't know what to do. I can, like, get it onto a. A dustpan, but do I have to smash it? And he's like. Well, he's like, is it. Is it bigger than a piece of poop? And I said, no. He's like, just flush it down the toilet. So I don't feel. Not proud of myself, but that was. That was how that mouse met its end.

[Seth]

Can I throw something out there?

[Josh]

Sure.

[Seth]

If given the choice, I would prefer hammer.

[Josh]

Yeah, probably.

[Seth]

You know what I mean? So just. Yeah, that's great. That. I certainly don't want, like, the means of my demise being chosen vis a vis the size of me versus a piece of poop. My God.

[Josh]

Were you there in Amsterdam when there was a pigeon in the middle of the road? We were eating lunch at a cafe, and it was, like, on one of those trips where you brought a bunch of SNL people. We're having lunch, and there's this pigeon that's just sort of, like, waddling around, and cars keep driving. Not like their wheels aren't going over it, but it's. Cars are passing over it.

[Seth]

Yeah.

[Josh]

And it was just, like, a weird situation to be sitting, having lunch and watching this thing. And I went inside, and to the owner of the restaurant, I was like, there's this pigeon. I don't know if you can do anything. And he was like, a pigeon? And I was like, yeah. And he's like, okay. And he, like, grabbed a bag, came out, put the pigeon in the bag, and swung it against a tree as hard as he could. And that was it. Like, that was. That was the hammer option. Oh, my God.

[Seth]

By the way, like, it seems like every one of these animals that crosses your path is like, oh, fuck, Poshy. No, don't go tell that guy.

[Josh]

No, no, I was telling for other people. I mean, look, I didn't like it either, but some people were in distress watching this.

[Seth]

Well, that's great. I'm sure they felt a lot better once they saw it get smashed against.

[Josh]

Rest in peace. Pigeon and groundhog and mouse.

[Seth]

Pigeon and groundhog and mouse. Yeah.

[Josh]

Thank you, Daniel.

[Seth]

Thank you, Daniel. Great story. Also, can I just say, Daniel saying he's from Philly sounds like a normal person. Been watching that new show Task from the Makers.

[Josh]

Oh yeah, I'm excited about it.

[Seth]

Fantastic. Ruffalo, all time great guy. But man, oh man, they, they, I, they're dying out on that Philly accent.

[Josh]

Oh, really?

[Seth]

Yeah. And I feel like they do this thing like real early on. They have characters say like too many Philly things. Like Mark Ruffalo is like, you coming home early? I'm going to make some scrap. Well, maybe I'll stop by for a water ice. And you're like, all right, we know it's in Philly. Like, talk about these weird foods. Anyway though, it's, it's great. I highly recommend it and.

[Josh]

Oh great. I'll check it out. We've got one more story before we get into some questions.

[Seth]

Very exciting. By the way, if you've heard your story so far. Very exciting because now you're getting, you know, you're going to get the posh treatment if you've been mentioned so far. If we've listened to your stories, Pashi has to put one of your names in a song. It's a really cool thing. Congratulations on your.

[Josh]

Congratulations. Brenda, Daniel and.

[Cheryl]

Hi, Seth and Josh. This is Cheryl from Wilmette, Illinois. I want to tell you about a family trip we took in March 2012. My sons were 18 and 22, both in college and although they went to different universities, they miraculously had the same spring break. My husband and I decided to book a cruise for the four of us. The usual routine was that my husband and I would get up early, eat breakfast and hang out by the pool and the boys would mosey over when they finally woke up closer to lunchtime one morning, I was guiltily saving chairs for them when I heard Mike, the cruise director announce that the synchronized swimming competition was about to begin. And as long as I was out of my lounge chair, I walked over to check it out. I was expecting a group of 10 year old girls who had worked up a routine while becoming new best friends this week on the cruise. Instead, I see my sons standing at the side of the pool with huge shit eating grins on their faces. I try to process this. Didn't he say synchronized swimming? My sons are definitely not synchronized, nor are they particularly good swimmers. They were here the whole time. I thought they were still sleeping. I look carefully at these two imposters and wonder what they've done with my real sons before I get their attention The Chariots of Fire theme song starts to play.

[Seth]

That's fantastic.

[Cheryl]

My boys raise their hands over their heads and first my younger son Jesse, and then my older boy Rob do a sideways dive into the pool, followed in turn by three other college dates.

[Seth]

Boys.

[Cheryl]

The crowd starts to laugh and cheer. The five boys form a circle and do handstands with their unbelievably long legs sticking out of the water. They emerge, put their hands on each other's shoulders and spit water in great arcs like the Buckingham Fountain. Then they move clockwise and spin like ballerinas with their hands over their heads. For the grand finale, the boys lift Jesse into the air and throw all 6 foot 5 of him into the water with a huge splash. They get out of the pool and take big bow to the whistles and cheers of the crowd. They receive their medals while the crowd applause and I get in line behind a group of girls in bikinis waiting to talk to them. I finally get to the front of the line and I literally don't know what question to ask first. The story of how they join the Pool Olympics synchronized swim team sounds much like the story of how most of their quote unquote plans get made. Somebody met somebody somewhere who needed two more guys for a team, and my boys looked at each other, shrugged their shoulders and said, okay. Although There are over 3,000 people on the ship, my boys had achieved some level of notoriety. They had already won the guest versus crew volleyball tournament and the three on three basketball. Rob had danced in the Michael Jackson dance contest, and Jesse was a finalist in crew's karaoke idol. An older couple riding handicapped scooters wheeled up to me when the ship docked in St Martin and told me how much fun they had had playing Texas Hold' em with my sons in the casino. This probably goes without saying, but my boys were, and still are gamers. It's a lot of fun being their mom. That vacation was, for me, one of our best. I treasured every day with them. Looming ahead was the reality that Rob was graduating college in a few weeks and starting a new job. And I didn't know when the four of us would be vacationing together again. Thanks for listening. Love the podcast.

[Josh]

Suvi got a little choked up.

[Seth]

I got choked up at the end.

[Josh]

Yeah.

[Seth]

That was so sweet. What a great story.

[Josh]

Yeah, I mean, those are. Those are great brothers. That sort of.

[Seth]

Now I'm getting choked up. I wasn't choked up at all listening to their synchronized swimming story.

[Josh]

I know, but it's the end. It's the sort of the.

[Seth]

Also just. What. What more could you ask than to have kids that are gamers.

[Josh]

Yeah. Gamers and gamers that are. That an old couple in their sort of, you know, electric wheelchairs would be like, hey, I love. We love playing Texas hold' Em with your boys. It sounds like universally beloved by just being good time. Guys.

[Seth]

I'm also crying because I've never in my life wanted to go on a cruise, and now I think I'm gonna get fucking tricked into doing one. I'm crying about. I'm crying about being on day three of a cruise. My kids haven't done anything. Nobody's saying they're a fun hang. They haven't done anything synchronized.

[Josh]

Oh, yeah.

[Seth]

That was the best. What a great story. What fun kids.

[Josh]

Yeah. Shout out to Jesse and Rob.

[Seth]

Jesse and Rob. Yeah. Man, what I wouldn't give to be on a boat with those two.

[Josh]

Yeah.

[Seth]

Wildcats.

[Josh]

Yeah. Also, Will Met, we should point out, is the first place we ever lived.

[Seth]

Yeah. Shout out to Will Met.

[Josh]

Yeah. As real babies.

[Seth]

Yeah.

[Josh]

That's great. On one of our, you know, guys, weekends, our previous fantasy football draft weekends that we had a pool and we broke into two man teams and had.

[Seth]

A synchronized swimming contest.

[Josh]

Synchronized swimming contest. And it was. It's so dumb, but it's so fun.

[Seth]

And I like, one of the best. I mean, I think about it all the time. Yeah.

[Josh]

Yeah. Just like. Because it's the same process as, like, playing, you know, pickup football where you come into a huddle and you drop a play and you come to an agreement, like, all right, you go. You run this way. You do this. But it's just like, all of a sudden it's two of you, and it's okay. Okay, we'll take three steps and we'll jump in, and we come up and just stick your hands in the air and spin around three times. And, like, there's such planning and you won't be good at it, but it is such a delight to watch. Also, I will say I love, like, real synchronized swimming. I. I'm a huge fan of it as an Olympic event.

[Seth]

Yeah.

[Josh]

I think it's incredible. All those old sort of, like, Busby Berkeley things of, you know, the women in the great bathing costumes and. Yeah. It's a great sort of pool activity.

[Seth]

I mean, I definitely. I mean, I feel like we have a couple more pool weekends left, and I feel like I might try to bribe the boys into doing a synchronized swimming contest.

[Josh]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Seth]

Just to see what they can do.

[Josh]

Yeah. I was.

[Seth]

Where was I?

[Josh]

Maybe I want to say I was in Oslo and I went swimming. You could like sort of swim at this in the North Sea maybe. And there was a morning where I was up before all my friends and I was like, I want to. I'm gonna go for this swim. I want to go swim out there. And there's this cool place with these, like, you know, these public docks. And I went down there and there was this big group of college age kids, boys and girls, and they were splashing around and then they were sort of doing that thing where they were all jumping in like one after the other. And then they asked if I could take a video or I took a video. And then a guy came over and I thought he was gonna be like, hey man, not cool. But he was like, can you send me that video? And I was so happy to be able to be like, yes. Like, this is. This is a great memory of this day for you guys. It means something to me, but it'll mean a lot more to you. So I hope there's fantastic, some good pics and videos from that cruise. Thank you, Cheryl. Congrats on being a great mom to sort of guide your sons into a life of gamerism and making people happy.

[Seth]

Yeah, I.

[Josh]

You.

[Seth]

Just because you mentioned Oslo made me think of Boswell.

[Josh]

Oh, yeah.

[Seth]

For the Pittsburgh Steelers. Chris Boswell.

[Josh]

Yeah.

[Seth]

Who is very good at kicking. And when he kicks a field goal, people will call, say, Bingo Boswell.

[Josh]

Yeah.

[Seth]

And I showed highlights of the game to Ash and he kicked a very long field goal to win the game against the Jets. And then we were walking to school and he was explaining the game to Axel, which is very sweet. And then he goes and then at the end, Bingo Bongo kick the field goal. Calling him Bingo Bongo was made me so happy.

[Josh]

And yeah, there you go.

[Seth]

Bingo Bongo.

[Josh]

Oh yeah. Love it.

[Seth]

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[Josh]

Yes, Sufi?

[Seth]

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[Josh]

No, I've never enjoyed them.

[Seth]

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[Seth]

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[Josh]

I also like, I mean, those tablets, they, you know, they go in this cute little tin. It's not this huge bottle.

[Seth]

Yeah.

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[Terry]

Hi, this is Terry from Minneapolis. I'm a huge fan of your show and I have a question about the intro song that you had Jeff Tweedy write for you. What parameters, if anything, did you give to him when you asked him to write it? Did it have to be a certain length? Did it just have to include your names and the pod name and just curious if there were rounds of revisions or if you were happy with the first go around. I guess that's it. Thanks. Love the show. Bye.

[Seth]

Thanks for the question. And it's so funny that we did discuss this at the top of this episode.

[Josh]

Yeah.

[Seth]

But you know, one of our producers, Rob basically said, hey, I know I basically have a connection to Jeff Tweedy. He knew we were huge fans of Wilco. He kind of independently thought, I feel like this show, family trips ties into the idea of road trips and Wilco is a great road trip band.

[Josh]

And yeah, that sort of like Americana.

[Seth]

Yeah.

[Josh]

Vibe, that sort of country passenger side.

[Seth]

Is one of the great driving in a car songs of all time.

[Josh]

And so we put together a list, like, of possible intro songs of existing songs. And then Rob was like, I think doing something unique to you is better. And you had met Jeff Tweedy previously.

[Seth]

I met Tweety a few times, and so he'd been on my show, but we didn't reach out. And I even said, Rob said, what do you think about Tweety? I'm like, I guess I could reach out. And he said, well, let me just. Let me see if I can even make contact. And then basically he just came back with a song. Rob said, how's this?

[Josh]

Yeah.

[Seth]

So we never gave parameters, we never gave length. I mean, I'm assuming Rob gave some direction, but it was one of the great hit plays of my life.

[Josh]

Yeah. Yeah. I. You know, I don't. I listen to the podcast at double speed to sort of write the songs, but every now and again when I am just listening to it at regular speed and that song kicks in, I kind of forget sometimes how much I like it.

[Seth]

Yeah.

[Josh]

And, yeah, I really, I. I love it. And we're so appreciative.

[Seth]

It's so cool to love a song so much that the person who wrote and performed it doesn't even remember the other time in my life I've had. That is my first stand up special on Netflix. Lobby Baby. I licensed a Hold Steady song, so the two bands that mean the most to me are Wilco and the Hold Steady. And I know Craig Finn in the same way I know Jeff Tweedy. And so we licensed the song, and then I asked for the closing credits. Could you write a song about, like, just Lobby Baby, like, the fact that my son was born in the lobby. Now, by the way, nobody listens to the closing songs of a standup special. This was literally money that came out of the budget that added no value, save for the fact that when I first got a song from my favorite band about my son, God, it's a real tough one today. Burst into tears.

[Josh]

Yeah.

[Seth]

And it's such a jam and. But I can't believe that, like, throughout my life, I'm gonna be able to go back to this song that my favorite band wrote about Axel.

[Josh]

Yeah.

[Seth]

Really good.

[Josh]

Yeah. Yeah. Lucky. We're very lucky.

[Seth]

We're very lucky. So thank you for the question and thank you the standing. Thank you forever to Jeff Tweedy.

[Josh]

I think we got one more question here.

[Seth]

Hey, Seth and Josh, this is Ayla. Seth, I was just wondering if you and your family have talked about getting another dog. I'm really sorry to hear about Frisbee. And also Josh, just wondering how your dogs are doing. Thanks. I really love the pod. Thank you so much for that very sweet question. I do think one day we will get another dog, but only when the kids want another dog. I think they started from a weird place where we had this dog that existed before they were around. And by the time they were kids, Frisbee was an old dog that didn't really do any of the fun dog things like run over to them, noodle with them, want to cuddle with them. And so I weirdly think that, like, while they're sad that Frisbee's gone, they're not like, we gotta get another one of those. Right. You know, we need to get another lump under a blanket. Yeah. And so I. Yeah, so but if they ever, you know, turn the corner and they met somebody else's dog and they were like, we want a dog like this, I think we would jump at the opportunity. But we don't want to get another dog that is a dog for the parents when the kids aren't that interested.

[Josh]

Yeah. Also, I feel like maybe your kids need to be a little bit older so that at least Ash could take some responsibility for the dog and maybe walking the dog duties.

[Seth]

Although, man, it's so weird. Like, that's the thing about, like New York City. Like. Yeah, I mean, I guess, you know, if you got a 15 year old, they'll probably be walking themselves to school so they can go out in the morning and walk the dog.

[Josh]

Yeah.

[Seth]

But, you know, it is something where I feel like it's gotta be me.

[Josh]

And then. Yeah, my dogs are good. Our. Our old girl Debbie is 14 and, you know, she certainly from. From her youth has slowed down a bit. Not that she was ever fast, but she's. She's great and she shows these bursts of, you know, speed every now and again if she sees something that she wants to run after or if it's, you know, she's coming in for breakfast in the morning, sometimes she gets that in her mind and will run and it's very exciting. Or Mackenzie will bring the dogs up to the barn every now and again and we'll run with them sort of through, through the ring where the horses ride. Woody's great. He's the nicest dog I've ever had.

[Seth]

Is he really the nicest dog you've ever had?

[Josh]

Yeah, he just. He is so, so friendly and, like, I don't have to worry about him with, like, he loves kids and babies and he goes up to them and his tail wags so hard, but he's not going to jump on anyone. He's not going to bite anyone.

[Seth]

How long have you had him now?

[Josh]

Just over two years.

[Seth]

Wow. Yeah, he fit right in.

[Josh]

August 15th of this year was two years. So. Yeah, we love having them. And. Yeah. And they're.

[Seth]

How much in the bed are the dogs, Debbie?

[Josh]

All night, every night. And Woody starts in the bed, and then he's got a bed next to the bed, a dog bed next to the bed. And he'll go down to that sometimes, I'd say, like 50% of the time, but then as soon as there's movement, he's up and he's, like, standing on my chest.

[Seth]

Great. Yeah. It's a good feeling.

[Josh]

He also. He, like, he yawns throughout the day, but he yawns in the morning so vocally, like, he really makes a meal of it to be like, I guess we're getting up now.

[Producer Sam]

Right?

[Josh]

And he actually growled at me this morning when I was in the closet putting my clothes on because I sort of took a quick shower. And he was like, what are you doing this for? Usually take me straight out. And then I guess I was taking too long and he walked into the closet growling at me to be like, what are you doing?

[Seth]

That's great.

[Josh]

Yeah.

[Seth]

I think when you lose a pet, you often, you know, lovingly remember things that drove you crazy. But when Frisbee slept in bed with us, she would do a thing where she would, in the middle of the night, just crawl out from underneath the covers, stand in the middle of the bed, and shake her entire body. And we called it the helicopter. Cause it was like. And then she would, like, come back and get underneath the covers. And so we are romanticizing how much we loved a thing that was always just a total sleep interrupter. But.

[Josh]

Right, Right.

[Seth]

I've got. I have received some very nice Frisbee. This is a yarn Frisbee that someone made.

[Josh]

Yeah, there's a lot of.

[Seth]

There's a lot of nice.

[Josh]

It looks like her.

[Seth]

Looks very much. It does look like her. It's. Yeah. And, yeah, she was. She was a very. It's great. You know that. I mean, again, you had it with pick, certainly. But sometimes when you're like, oh, my God, 14 years.

[Josh]

Yeah.

[Seth]

Like, you know, I. So I had that dog longer than any place I've ever lived. You know what I mean? So, yeah, it's really nice. Thank you for the question. Thank you for the kindness. And I'm so thankful that. That Debbie and Woody are still with us.

[Josh]

Yeah. All right, everybody, I think that's it.

[Seth]

It was lovely to spend an afternoon listening to your stories and your questions and I'm sorry I cried twice.

[Josh]

Our producer Sam also wrote in just chat chat chatted us to say that she was crying as well. So you got us all over here.

[Seth]

She was crying because we never stay on task. She was crying because we both forgot to hit record. Yeah.

[Josh]

And Jeff was just laughing at all of it.

[Seth]

Jeff was just laughing and no heart. All right, thank you, everybody. We love you.

[Josh]

Thank you.

[Producer Sam]

Brenda knows a lot of folks way up in name and they are all defeated. When mom took her first trip on a plane the airline delayed it went to crash with Brenda only for a night brought an eight year old boy she met on the turns out he was a cousin so it only seemed right. Super weird sleepover Daniel's cape trips were always so good. But one was quite defeated. Dead groundhog found under the hood. It had coagulated at first his father tried remote control. They said do it yourself. So he went rock and roll. Removed it piece by piece. It wouldn't come out whole. That is so freaking close. A cherub brought a college boy is out on a cruise a folder they graduated. They did everything fun they could do because they are the greatest. From synchronized swimming to karaoke shows, basketball and volleyball. You know that they play those a little Texas hold em. You gotta love these bros. Got to love these bros. Thank you listeners for all your stories. We really love you guys. Even when they strike a nerve and they make Suki cry. A great trip you take with your family. But there is nothing better. That's where you can make some great memories and they will last forever.