Are road-trips a thing of the past?
And how long must a road trip be to be classified as a true Road Trip?
I've never been on more than a day long one myself. I don't think the idea of sitting in a car for days on end is something I would particularly enjoy. I do day long ones tho occasionally and four stand out in my memories more than others I might have taken.
Again, me and Paul- this time we invited Frank, my eldest son to go with us.
We took off towards the blue Ridge Parkway, grabbed some snacks and a drink and just had a grand time chatting about everything and nothing specific. We stopped at some of the lookouts and took photos, listened to songs and sang along, and just general had a great time together. Once it started getting up in the elevations, it started getting a bit sketchy as some really weird clouds started rolling in. The sky kept getting darker and darker and the clouds more ominous. By this time we had bought - no PAUL had bought some sort of GPS type thing so he opened it and was looking at the road. It had gotten horribly foggy all the sudden and there were sheer drop offs on both sides of the road. We literally couldn't see 10 feet in front of us and was having to drive by the device. Needless to say we were only going about 5 miles per hour - if that. We seemed to be the only one out there as well- until we saw flashing hazard lights of a park ranger on the road in front of us.We followed him about 5 miles down until we came out of it- but about two minutes after we found the ranger- it started snowing!!!! It was middle of MAY yall!!!! That was terrifying.
When we came out of the fog the ranger was just GONE- we was going to thank him for the guidance, but he was nowhere to be found. Just out of the fog and vanished. And we was literally almost bumper to bumper. I was absolutely terrified to be driving, but I would have had a panic attack if I wasnt in control behind the wheel of my car.
there's more to this road trip- but I'll save it for later. Duty Calls- again....
3 comments:
I do road trips all the time, but I don't necessarily use that term. During the warmer months, I do it on the bike, and in cooler weather you can find me on country gravel roads.
I usually pick a direction at random and just go from there, and over the years I've done it often enough that I commonly find myself in little towns I've visited before. This means I'm never quite lost, but commonly don't know exactly where I am.
Fun story series!
Thank you... I was wanting to go on one since it's been ages but with the gas prices I can't justify it so I just sat and reminisced about my past ones. LOL Do you have any memorable ones to tell us about?
My brother and his bestie tried to do a cross country one on their Harleys but something happened- I can't remember what- about 2/3 of the way thru and ended their adventure. His best friend passed away the next year and so they never got the chance to complete it or try again. He and my cousin and nephew and sister planned one later too but my sister got diagnosed with Stage 4 Kidney Cancer and went into treatment so they won't go without her and she's too weak to go. If worse comes of it- the boys might do it as a memorial Ride tho.
I have mixed feelings about a road trip on a bike- on the one hand it would be wonderful to feel the wind in your hair and feel the freedom- on the other hand- I imagine a long trip like that would be absolutely exhausting!!!
Most of my modern road trips are mundane... ride for a while and return home. In a long ago galaxy far, far away, I made a road trip to San Francisco. Maybe that's a post.
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