I was recently eating lunch with a friend of mine
and he had just returned from a road trip out west where he and his nephew
rented a convertible Mustang and traveled along parts of the old historic Route
66 highway that was once so popular with travelers. He told of the many stops they made and how
much fun it was to just cruise the back roads with the top down and their hair
blowing in the wind. They saw the Hoover
Dam, the Grand Canyon, and many sights that I’ve never seen. As we continued to talk it got me to thinking
that I need to plan a trip like this with my family. Now before you can say it, yes, I’ve seen the
movie “RV” with Robin Williams and that’s not the kind of road trip/vacation I
want to go on. (But a funny movie if you have not seen it) I’m talking about a trip that takes you back
into American history and travels to areas of our county that are dying off so
fast that soon no one will even remember them anymore. It’s sad to say this, but I’m just as guilty
of planning our travels with one thing in mind, what route are we taking that
can get us there the fastest and stay on the bigger highways and
interstates. It’s just the way our
society has changed-we plan a trip and it’s more about the place we are going
than the journey getting there. Back in
the old days we use to take our time as we traveled and part of the vacation
itself was the things we would do along the way.
George Strait had a song in 2001 named “The Road
Less Traveled” and the lyrics said this; “There’s
a road, a winding road that never ends, full of curves lessons learned at every
bend…….for the road less traveled ain’t for the faint of heart, for those who
choose to play it safe and never stray too far, me I want to live my life and
one day leave my mark”I’m going to do my best to plan a road trip with my family that includes taking “the road less traveled” and see part of this awesome country we live in and just enjoy the ride wherever it takes us! Who’s going to join me as we take a road trip this summer?