Lesbians at the canyon

Was just reading another blog and was reminded of moment I had with my mother. She doesn't know that I'm into chick's...well...let me rephrase that. We haven't talked about it...

We went to the Grand Canyon, among a few other places, when I graduated from undergrad. We went on a helicopter tour while there. First, they stuffed all 20 of us on the tour on a small airplane to fly out to an Indian reservation. On the ride there, my mother and I sat across from a lesbian couple that had to be in their 50's or 60's. It was a rough ride...my mother had her nails dug into my thigh the entire time. Was a gorgeous view of the canyon though. We looked over and the they were comforting each other as well.

Once on the Indian reservation, we boarded the helicopter to take us down to the floor of the canyon. They were small light helicopters so had to load them based on weight. They stuck my fat ass right in the middle so I wouldn't make the thing tip to one side! Now my mom and I were in extremely close quarters with the lesbian couple, I was seated on a bench in between them and my mother was across from me. We started talking to relieve the awkwardness of being stuffed into close quarters. We learned where they were from and what they did. One of the women had been in a bad bike accident just before their trip!

We ended up making friends and sitting together for lunch. The one woman waited on the other who had been in the accident because she was still having a hard time getting around. I could see my mother studying them.

On the way back to our lodge my mother started talking about the lesbian couple. My mother commented normal they seemed (My mother does not have any gay friends or even acquaintances). My knee jerk reaction was to criticize her for such a comment, suggesting that she expected something different. However, she went on to talk about what a sweet, nice couple they were. It really moved her seeing them comfort each other on the plane and watching the one wait on the other.

So maybe I should give my mother a little more credit....I guess it IS hard to understand something that you have never been exposed to. I had forgotten all about this. Makes me a little less worried about telling her...