DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY

If your pet could Uber, where would it go?

When I posed that question to Junior Goo Shoes about our dog,
he didn't hesitate with an answer.........
He was certain that Sadie would absolutely, positively 
tell her Uber driver to head down the highway
 to the closest cheese stick factory.
She is crazy about the part-skim mozzarella variety,
and when she hears the wrapper being torn off of her favorite people-food,
she runs from wherever she is in the house in hopes of getting a nibble.

Yes, I can see it now.........
her head craned out of the car window........
ears flapping in the breeze........
sniffing the air for that first scent of cheese sticks 
wafting from the factory.


Ah, the promises and possibilities of the open road!


"...Roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair
Well, the night's busting open, these two lanes will take us anywhere
We got one last chance to make it real
To trade in these wings on some wheels
Climb in back, heaven's waiting down on the tracks..."


 Yep, it's me, quoting Bruce Springsteen lyrics again.


Can you conjure up that feeling you had 
when you first got your driver's license.......
The exhilaration of getting behind the wheel, 
and taking yourself ANYWHERE.........
Knowing that you can drive down the interstate to independence......
or take the freeway to freedom........
BLISS!

The euphoric realization that a full tank of gas, 
and a hunger to explore highways and biways
can take one on incredible adventures has never left me.
If anything, my appetite for road trips has only intensified.
Having a penchant for road trips must be a family trait.......
Junior GS has been planning a cross-country junket
to take after he graduates from college since he was 15 years old.

Whether you take the yellow brick one,
the one less traveled,  
the rocky one,
or all of the ones that lead to Rome,
ladies and gents........start your engines........
it's time to hit the road!

Climbing up to 14,000+ feet through the clouds to Pike's Peak, Colorado

Driving through Aqaba en route to ancient Petra, Jordan

Barrelling down Interstate 80 on the way to Lake Erie, Pennsylvania

Traveling through a canopy of trees to Kiawah Island, South Carolina

Battling snow, rain and ice on the road to Ithaca, New York

Approaching Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the City Of Brotherly Love.

White-knuckling it through a blizzard up the NJ Turnpike on the way home from Florida.

Heading out on a one-lane highway into Montauk, Long Island, New York

Navigating through early morning fog on the southern coast of Iceland.

Breezing our way up the West Side Highway into New York City on an unusually light traffic day.

Where will the open road take you, next?

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