When my Grandfather invited me to visit him I cheerfully said yes.
I never knew my Grandfather when I was growing up.
This is because my dad and his dad had a big rift at one point and Grandpa was cut out of our lives. That is genuinely unfortunate. Anyway, I found him through some internet searches and my friend and I got to chatting. A few months later he invited me to visit, and my wife and I took a late-night flight and I got to meet my Grandfather for the first time since I was a little baby. I assumed my friend and I would be sleeping in a spare study room in Grandpa’s property but instead he directed us to a camping trailer from the 1960’s that was parked in his yard. It looked nice and was all fixed up. What I liked most about the trailer was that it has this amazing faux fireplace space heater thing. It is built into the side of the trailer and faces the bed. It kept my wife and I super hot and comfortable all night long. In the afternoon my friend and I all went out to supper and this cozy little cafe that had a real fireplace. I don’t know if it was all of the fireplaces and heater or what however I felt genuinely hot around my Grandfather. It was like I had known him my whole life. He never brought up the feud he had with my father and my friend and I just picked up a relationship. Now my friend and I are planning a camping trip together in the summer. Apparently the trailer has a fine a/c too. I am looking forward to it.