I’ve had a long-standing love affair with road trips. I find romance, adventure, soul-satisfaction in the enchanting combination of a cramped car, heart-stopping amounts of caffeine, the excitement of being able to fall asleep at the wheel at any given moment, a floorboard of empty Lays Potato Chips packages, and invigorating music played at ear-splitting levels on substandard speakers.
Road trip highlights:
1. The extemporaneous composition and performance of “The Leprosy Song.”
2.Visiting Times Square Church in NY.
3. That marvelous and indescribable feeling that one can experience only after drinking 2 cups of coffee and 3 Red Bulls.
4. A Dunkin-Donuts-seeking-detour that culminated in our car being searched by armed Marines.
5. Finding out, en route to Baltimore, that Baltimore is not in Ohio. I think that is perfectly justifiable. I didn’t grow up in the U.S.
6. Arriving in Prague, Czech Republic, after which we realized that we had no map, no knowledge of the city, and no idea where any sort of tourist center was. After a few hours we finally found the city’s castle and wanrdered aroudn there for a while.
7.Waking up when the car I was driving started hydroplaning.
8. Standing shirtless in freezing weather, outside a locked car in a traffic jam right outside of D.C.
The interstate system connects America's soul to each of her citizens. We are all one on-ramp away from the time of our lives. Thanks for this one.
Posted by: apple at April 14, 2004 12:57 PMmy wife and i just pulled a weekend up to PA and back. up in one car, back in another. you're right--there is something enchanting about the road. and there's nothing like the Siren sounds of the rumble strips.
Posted by: david at April 14, 2004 08:03 PMActually, Baltimore IS in Ohio: http://www.mapblast.com/(y5e41245rojvpmqgedcbmnj1)/map.aspx?L=USA&C=39.84539%2c-82.60206&A=41.56667&P=|99EDBF|&TI=Baltimore%2c+Ohio%2c+United+States
Posted by: jon at April 15, 2004 10:02 AMIn Ohio? Arggg! Now I'm really confused.
Posted by: slig at April 15, 2004 01:55 PMYou forgot the midnight incident involving Bob Gaudet, a gas station telephone, and your "Delilah" voice.
Then again, perhaps you've already blocked that one out (because believe me, I certainly have tried).
Posted by: sam at April 15, 2004 03:01 PMum...I really don't know what you're talking about. perhaps you're confusing me with someone else. i think it was garret who did that.
Posted by: slig at April 15, 2004 03:10 PMI enjoy driving over rumble strips, then staring at my girlfriend and accusing her of flatulence.
Posted by: anonymous at April 15, 2004 03:14 PMJon, I would never confuse your golden tendrils for another.
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