it's in the blood

[whitereflection]

visited 27 states (54%)
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And damned near all of it by car, because my Dad was and is severely phobic about flying and was a fiend for roadtrips. Roadtrips for vacations, roadrips for taking Mom to different hospitals when her health was bad, roadtrips for moving (and moving back again). I've flown only a little in comparison. To be honest, I miss roadtripping. I miss interstates and highways and the scenery of America along the way. I miss motels and American food chain restaurants and tourist trap gift shops. But I'm a passenger, not a driver, and the husband isn't any better (also, he hates traveling :/ ).

Dad doesn't drive so much anymore--back and neck problems, but when he and my stepmother do take trips, that's how they do it. But he used to be such a freaking maniac for driving. He could go and go and go, like a vehicular marathoner. Sometimes we didn't even do motels--we'd just sleep as he drove until we got there (Omaha to Seattle or vice versa's 36 hours, I'm just sayin'.) All he needed was Coca Cola, someone to read the maps, and the radio. (Though I do remember one trip he needed a brief recharge, and we slept in the car at a rest stop.) In comparison, the bits of driving I've done? Hour trips to Lincoln, or the hour and a half trips to Seward or Audubon, a few hours to Kansas City. I think the longest I've ever driven was about 6 hours to Witchita, and that was too long for me. At least it was back when I tried it.

Sometimes I want to roadtrip again so much it's like an itch under my skin. What was the old slogan in that one car commercial, "Drivers wanted"? Yeah.

Comments

[whitereflection.livejournal.com]

:x I will do my best to help you in any way I can! But I hate to say, don't expect great things. Most of the trips we took were between when I was 8 and 16. And considering I'm 36 now... : / 20 to nearly 30 year old memories are hazy and full of holes. :( Like for example, this one 2 week vacation we did when I was 11, where we looped through the southwest to the west coast and back, I remember we stopped at the Four Corners monument, and it was pretty much just cement pavement with it marked out where the states came together (snooping at Google, looks like they tried to make it fancier since then, heh). And I dunno now, but then it was just ringed with sort of touristy-gifty stands selling a lot of turquoise stuff, and we got snowcones, because it was damned hot. ^^; Some bits I remember more than others, but it's kind of hit or miss, and no doubt a lot of bits I remember won't be the same now.

[cherie-morte.livejournal.com]

That's okay! I have many people whose brains I will be picking at (my parents went to all 50 states before I was born, so if push comes to shove and can just hound my mom about it, lol). I'm just remembering this and keeping you on my list of people to harass :D

[whitereflection.livejournal.com]

Oh cool beans, that works. :D I'm good for little tidbits at least. Like when we nearly hit a moose at night in Yellowstone. XD

[cherie-morte.livejournal.com]

Hee hee, it's actually little tidbits like that I need to make it feel more authetic, you know? I can google big touristy sights, but I need the ice cream and the feeling of disappoint when you saw the four corners monument to make it convincing :D

Also, I have my own washed out baby memories of Yellowstone, but they involve demonic buffalo instead of moose. We're awesome. *high fives*