Thoughts from the Road PT. 1

In looking at why I love road tripping so much, I think I may have stumbled upon it as we left. It makes the world seem smaller. When people talk about other areas of the country, its often with an air in their voices of them being a world away. And when we can say that we have driven to these places, its almost a power trip of sorts, being able to make this huge country that much smaller, just to us. Its very cool to do this, and see all these different places. Yes, I could have gone to a resort, but I don’t see much value in that. I can party and go to the beach for free in the summer, why spend all this money to go? When, on the flipside, I can spend half the money going to all these awesome places, and seeing what this country has to offer. On this trip alone, we plan to go through 20 states. I am going to get to watch the sun set on the pacific, experience St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago, South by Southwest in Austin, and driving from LA to San Fransisco along the PCH. For us as well, the driving is a huge part of the fun. The freedom of having nothing but open road in front of you, spending time with your bros, it’s a great feeling. To most sane people, that kind of a trip is not fun. But I don’t see this trip as brief periods of fun, with large blocks of boring driving in between. I see it as 9 days of a great time with the bros. I guess that’s where the disconnect is with people who don’t understand the trip. It seems like half don’t understand it, and half are jealous of it. Oh well. Right now its 7:30 (all times eastern) and we are driving on I-76 (the Pennsylvania Turnpike) between Philly and Lancaster. From here, we are driving out to Harrisburg to I-80, then down to Tennessee on that road. Not many stories to tell right now, both because we are only two hours out, and also because this particular stretch of road (Jersey to Tennessee) we have already driven two times before. When we went down to Texas, we drove to Memphis first, then south. And when we went to New Orleans, we drove down to the middle of Tennessee, then South through Alabama. So this is the boring part. In the coming days, as we cross every climate this country has to offer, I am sure there will be more to write. Check back periodically, because as the trip goes on, I will probably be posting 1-3 updates every time I can have internet access.