Since the moment I got my license, I've imagined going on a road trip like you seen in movies. When I was sixteen, I planned to take an hour drive to the New Hampshire border and calling it a road trip. It didn't seem plausible that I'd actually venture beyond those lines. This autumn, I convinced my roommate from my freshman year of college to DRIVE all the way to Clemson, South Carolina for the weekend to see a Clemson vs. NC State football game. It's beyond me how I was ever able to convince anyone to do this with me. Despite thirty six hours of driving in three days, it was one of the best and most memorable decisions I've ever made. Trust me. Be spontaneous, pick a place, don't think twice about it - just go. You won't regret it.
1. I don't even care that I woke up at 3:30 a.m. This is SO MUCH fun, we should do this all the time.
2. How are we still only in Massachusetts?
3. Oh, look, another Starbucks.
4. Connecticut and New York have so much traffic, how do they sit in this every day?
5. According to the GPS we should be there at 7:30 p.m...I wonder if we can beat that time.
6. “I’m hungry."
7. “I wonder how many public restrooms we’ll use during this trip."
8. Was that a cow on the side of the road?
9. How did I convince anyone to do this with me? What were we thinking?
10. I wonder what (mountain, river, lake, city) that is.
11. Pennsylvania feels a lot larger than it looks on a map.
12. Should we just turn around and go home?
13. Why can’t we find any food other than McDonald’s, Cracker Barrel, or Waffle House!?
14. We should’ve just taken a plane.
15. I think the radio must have the same ten songs on repeat.
16. Let’s just sit in silence, so I don’t have to hear Jason Aldean's “A Little More Summertime” song for the hundredth time.
17. So the GPS said 7:30 p.m. arrival and it’s now 9:45 p.m., and we’re still two states away.
It's good. We're good.
18. I need a drink.
19. Maybe we should just pull over and sleep on the side of the highway instead of driving to the hotel.
20. OH LOOK, another Waffle House.
21. It’s now 12:05 a.m., but at least we made it!
22. The destination makes all 18 hours of driving worth it.
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