On 1/26/2021 10:18 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> You really have no sense of how big the USA really is until you drive
> across it.Â* I hope to do it one more time.Â* I've flown out a bunch but
> that is boring.
>
When I was a kid (about 8 years old), after Dad got back from serving
two tours in Vietnam, Dad drove us from Vista, CA to his next assignment
in Virginia in a station wagon. I remember seeing roadrunners (the
actual birds, not the cartoon character) in the Mohave desert. They
really do run. There was a sudden flash thunderstorm, torrential
rain. (Yes, in the desert.) Dad had to pull over to the side of the
road. There was fantastic rainbow that appeared to stretch for miles.
What a amazing sight!

We stayed in a lot of little motels along the way. The only thing my
brothers and I cared about was "does it have a pool?" LOL We ate in a
lot of little small town diners along the way. I don't know what state
we were in but I remember my dad being amazed to find Oxtail Soup on the
menu in one of them. First time I'd heard of it. IIRC the rest of us
ordered spaghetti. LOL

Jill