Our bags were already packed . Our flight was leaving at 8:55AM . I knew my grandma was dying and had been anticipating that phone call for the last 30 days .

A: What probably happened next ?

so you 'll be celebrating your 21st birthday at midnight ... and i wo n't be there . i remember last year and how it was just you and i ... laying in your bed . you fell asleep and i was struggling so hard to stay awake past midnight so i can greet you happy birthday and give you a kiss .. and i did . but you did nt remember in the morning = ( i remember how we both could n't wait until you turned 21 so i could take you anywhere i wanted .

A: Where do the couple go after the person turns 21 ?

Anyway , today I went to investigate the inside of the old cupboard and I found that the wall it has been standing up against all these years contains a kind of secret compartment . The weak wood of the cupboard back that gave way must have been a kind of entrance to this compartment . There was n't much in the compartment except some old pennies , part of an old candle , and two small leather - bound writing pads ( also very old but in good condition ) . When I opened the books I found that they comprised part of a carefully kept diary - indeed , my father 's own journal !

A: What may happen after they find the diary ?

At one point , we ran into a couple coming down from the glacier who were from Lubbock , TX . They saw Pat 's UT shirt and gave us the hook ' em horns sign . We started talking and they told us how great it was at the glacier .

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What is the narrator , their friend and the stranger bonding over ?