The best road trip I’ve ever taken was cross-country. That was back in 1976. We had to move from the east coast to the west coast. A truck hauled our furniture; while a hired person drove our baby-blue Chevrolet. Uncle Ver accompanied us in the dark, forest-green Buick Electra 525 with a white roof top. I don’t remember much but we were in the back seat the whole time with Maw while Paw and his younger brother sat up front. The travel was for six days.
The worse road trip was taking Highway 1 from Fort Bragg, CA all the way down to our home in San Jose, CA. That was over ten years ago. I didn’t realize that the switchbacks of that road took almost five hours non-stop! We were traveling around 25 to 30 mile per hour. And by the time we reached the north part of the Golden Gate Bridge, we were holding our pee! The car we drove was a white-colored Honda Accord. And after that trip, the transmission didn’t seem to shift correctly. It must have been from all that braking just to speed up during the straight ways and then to slow down to round the curves and turns!
However, the scenery was breaktaking! There were lots of tall grasses, rustic wooden fences and trees of various sorts. The sunset was especially beautiful as we passed a few restaurants near the cliffs of ocean water below and beyond the horizon.
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Topic #52: Describe the best road trip you’ve ever taken. Bonus: If you’re feeling all glass half empty, the worst road trip. Or describe a road trip you’d like to take and why you want to take it.
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