Monthly Theme: Adventure
Road Tripping Opened My Eyes to Adventure
Life is too short to spend in one place
“If I’m an advocate for anything, it’s to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. The extent to which you can walk in someone else’s shoes or at least eat their food, it’s a plus for everybody. Open your mind, get up off the couch, move.” — Anthony Bourdain
I’ve always believed that how someone travels is a reflection of who they are. I’m lucky to have been raised in family that was always traveling. Maybe not to exotic places, but we spent every summer road tripping to someplace new.
These weren’t luxury trips. We loaded up our Buick Skylark (do they even make those anymore?), put the tape deck in the backseat because the car didn’t even have one, and hit the road. We stopped at rest stops and gas stations along the way. Then we hit every site, big or small, along the road.
Our accommodations were about as ritzy as our mode of transportation. In other words, we mostly slept in Motel 6's along the way. I didn’t mind it. As a young child, I didn’t know better. In fact, motels were exciting to me. I remember immediately jumping on the bed once we got into the motel room. Why is this a thing kids do? Something about the…
