Car Trip Musings

When I was on my big road trip I spent many hours driving mostly on I-95. Sharing the road with lots of other folks in cars and trucks is not the most fun part of the trip. I keep hearing that air traveler numbers are way up, but I am here to say that highways are more crowded than ever. The worst thing the government could do is not support Amtrack. High speed trains in other countries are wildly successful. We need to upgrade our infrastructure and make our rails big speed capable.
I saw all kinds of things that drivers were doing while moving at sixty miles per hour. Looking at phones was the least offensive thing. Reading an actual newspaper on the steering wheel was fairly bad. Who has a real newspaper anymore? As I passed by I wish I had a bull horn that I could scream, “Hey buddy, haven’t you heard of the radio?” I know from my drive with Sirius Radio that there are hundreds of speciality stations and every kind of news was available. Probably even one where someone is just reading the newspaper out loud.
Since we have a dog that likes to ride on Russ’ lap, whether he is the driver or not I am not surprised by where people’s dogs end up in their cars. Cats are another story. First, who takes their cat in the car not in a carrier? Well, the guy in Connecticu whose cat was wrapped around his head rest t is one. I had to do a double take and be careful not to drive off the road when I saw that little calico face looking at me from the driver’s side window.
Trucks are the biggest rolling bill boards in America. When I was heading through Massachusetts on the way into Boston I drove side by side with a Big Russell Stovers Candies truck. It first caught my eye since it had a big “Russell” on it and I was missing my Russ, but then I got to thinking, where is that tractor trailer full of candy going, and who is eating that much candy? I could see maybe a small box car of candy, but 80 feet going down the road made me wonder. Perhaps there are a lot of little old ladies eating bon bons in New England, but I was skeptical. Could Russell Stovers actually be a cover operation for some covert government operation?
The strange things that go through my mind when I spend hours alone in the car. I would still rather be alone than traveling with a loose cat.