After the hike, we stopped by a local grocery store to order a sandwich from the deli. We asked the staff to order a sandwich, however they kept directing us to a 7-11 style cooling case which contained sandwiches most likely as old as the dolomite we had previously been hiking through. I didn't understand. It seemed to me that they didn't want to make a sandwich. I asked the lady if I could kindly have a smoked turkey sandwich. She said " I guess I could make you one if you didn't find one in the cooler". I thought this was an odd statement. Heidi ran into a similar problem. As she was ordering the sandwich she wanted, the lady asked "What do you mean, vegetables???" Had we walked into a town so backwards they had never heard of the American classic, the SANDWICH????? Sandwiches are more well known then presidents, or even Burt Reynolds! It was at this point, Heidi backed out and purchased something out of the case. In hindsight, I should have done the same. However, the stubborn person inside of me could not understand how a person (especially someone who works in a deli) had never heard of a sandwich. How can you explain that to someone???? My best shot was to say that it was similar to an oreo, with the bread as the chocolate wafers, and the delicious hickory smoked turkey as the cream filling. I kept this to myself, however. I was interested to see what they would do, and watched as she took out two slices of wheat bread which looked not unlike something that a person might receive as a charitable donation from a food bank. She handed it to me, both the giver and the receiver trying not to laugh at the other. Me, because she worked at a deli and had no knowledge of sandwich making: Her because I paid $5.50 for a sandwich that was worse than anything that the convenient store cooler could have offered.
In other news, I just yesterday located an internship to do half (about 50 hours) of my volunteer hours for Occupational Therapy grad School. The place is called Camp Hippo. it's an outdoor therapeutic camp (for kids with developmental delays, and other various delays) which employs Occupational and Speech therapies. I will be working with the Occupational Therapist. The internship is located in Blackfoot, and will be mostly outside. Alot of the therapy involves horse riding. Its about an hour drive, but I think that this internship is much more unique than the traditional office experience. I think it will stand out on a grad school application.
