Road trippin'

The Road Trip-- is it really all it's cracked up to be?

Along time ago, my friend Michelle had a road tripping dream... to rent a minibus and drive around the country, dropping off all of her friends at college one by one. She had the right idea, but it never worked-- classes start on different days, parents are barely able to tear themselves away from the first dorm room, etc. But the most important factor - a bus of some sort - we didn't have.

I don't think I realized how important the bus/rv/camper mobile really is until driving from McLean, Virginia to Denver, Colorado a couple months ago. For one thing, my boyfriend and I had plenty of time since we didn't have jobs tightening our schedules. Unfortunately, since we had an suv instead of a mini camper, we couldn't just shack up in our car. We were fortunate enough to be able to stay with family in Indianapolis, which was a great time! But, when Missouri and Kansas rolled around, what could we do?

If we stopped to check out any sights along the way, we'd lose time, forcing us to pay for another hotel room. And since we're on the cheap side at the moment, this wasn't an option. So if you don't have somewhere to stay and don't want to pay for a hotel, you end up driving .... driving..... driving through hundreds of miles of yellow fields. Hopefully you have an iPod blue tooth or still use CD's, because there certainly isn't any radio for a long while. Perhaps we can try it again with our new tent. Then I'm sure there will be some interesting historical or cultural sights to see along the way, right?