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Hit the Road

Just read this:

https://www.yahoo.com/travel/14-amazing-road-trips-around-the-world-119964307167.html

It's a fluff article, but I was sucked in to reading it because I'd hoped that there would be something worth looking into. Turns out, the author/editor of that article has some very different ideas about road trips than I do. I've written about my wanderlust and love of road trips before. Just to reiterate, there's not much in life better than hitting the road for a nice long day of driving. I love it. In my next life, I'll be a long-haul truck driver. Just me and the road, baby. Yeah.

The thing I disliked about the majority of the road trips in the linked article is their brevity. To me, a road trip is extensive and protracted. The point of the trip is the trip, not the sight-seeing along the way. If I can't see it from my car, I'm not as interested. And the idea of riding around an island, no matter how picturesque, seems frantic and unappealing. I don't mind an island vacation, mind you. But the thought of going to an island for the purpose of having a road trip seems ridiculous to me.

But that's just me.

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