I think I want to live in New Mexico. And not because I’m ready for this trip to be over. Well, not completely because of that. Actually, I’m still having fun. I’m tired and three days of marathon driving are beginning to tell on both my nerves and my well-being, but I’m still having fun. […]
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Ever see one of those movies where the unsuspecting innocents drive into an empty town, and spend just a few minutes too long trying to figure out where everyone went? We needed gas, so we took an exit that promised it was available. Also I desperately needed a bathroom. The first gas station we pulled into
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The slowest McDonald’s on the planet is in Elk City, Oklahoma. I’m not thrilled to have found it. I had to suggest to the cashier that she take my order rather than stand waiting for the food of the gentleman in front of me. Bly across the street at the gas station was getting stressed
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Dear God help us, we’re still in Oklahoma. Had to pay twice more to use their damn bumpy roads, and I really hate their construction. Narrowing it down to one lane I can understand. Narrowing it to one really narrow lane, on a curve where the road is sloped to account for the fact that
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Ask anyone who has ever been in my car–I hit curbs. Not very often anymore, but still at least once a month, I don’t judge my corner well and I bounce my poor little Corolla over a curb. So someone tell me why I hit not one curb (or anything else but bugs) in a
Stopped for the night in Casey, Illinois. I like Casey. I had a friend named Casey who was/is a truly awesome person, as wholesome and hospitable and truly kind as you would never believe existed in this world. Maybe it’s the name, because I certainly like Casey, Illinois. It was raining a little. It drizzled
So our early start somehow became 1400. It’s okay, we were more than a bit terrified. A friend of the family called to convince Bly not to attempt towing her car. He lovingly scared her quite thoroughly, so we decided to go get the tow dolly removed from the truck, and she would fly back