How to convince a dad to go to IRI

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by Beth Sweet

Ok, I'm in a bit of a pickle. Similar to the thread regarding "how to convince my daughter she wants to go to IRI," I need to figure out a good way to convince my dad. He's a FIRST dad and really likes to go to the competitions, but a 5 1/2 hour drive is getting him a little unsure of whether he wants to go. So help! any ideas would be appreciated!

Tell him that 5-1/2 hours in the car each way is a great opportunity for some wonderful father-daughter bonding. Now that you are out of high school and in college, those opoprtunities will be few and far-between, and none of them should be wasted. It is events such as these that will generate the precious memories that you will both look back upon years and years from now. These are the moments that will create the stories that you will be able to tell his grandchildren. In other words, play off his guilt!

-dave

p.s. note that 5-1/2 hours in the car with your daughter on the way to IRI is NOT the same as 10 hours in the van with seven members of Team 116 on the way to IRI. One is a wonderful familial experience, the other is an opportunity to go insane.