Here's the epic story of Scout's and my blue-highway journey from Bozeman, Mont., up through Glacier National Park, across the lonely "Hi-Line" road across northern Montana, into North Dakota, down through South Dakota and back to Chicago. Join us as we trespass on private land, try to derail a train, and screw around with lots of wild animals.
Fantastic!
You and Scout will remember that trip forever. I want you to produce all my videos, David.
David-
I will forever use you as my guidance and inspiration for a truly epic father/daughter relationship. If you did nothing else worth a pile of beans (and you do much, worth much more), you would still be a great inspiration. You’re the man, my friend. You. Are.Thee. Man.
Thanks for such an amazing, well edited movie, and for setting such a high bar in the parenting department. I’ll be calling you in 9 years, so save your itinerary!
Bruce
@Bruce: That’s the nicest thing a feller can say to a feller. Thanks–though Scout and I could compile a hilarious (and lengthy) “Dickish Dad” reel that would make any parent gloat, “At least I’m not THAT douchy.”
(Do you think we WILL compile such a doc, or that either of us would have ever filmed it in the first place? Hellz no.)
But I do like the idea of “epic father/daughter relationship,” and I feel like I’ve been going after that.
When Scout was conceived, I believed that all I owed to my child was to make perfectly fucking clear that I thought she (or he) was thoroughly loved by me.
But the moment Scout became real and every day she gets more so, I’ve felt an equally powerful urge to try to show my kid the size and the power of things–of the natural world and the man-made one–to the point of scaring her some.
This urge feels more like fun than responsibility–as does being Scout’s parent in general; she’s a ridiculously good-natured kid NATURALLY–but I pursue it with discipline anyway.
Looking forward to going through this adventure–precicsely on the 6th anniversary of the beginning of our first adventure–together with you, and all the other intrepid parents I know.