i need more roadtrips

By Betty | January 7, 2010 | 4 Comments

i want to travel to more strange lands. places that require parkas when it’s so hot back home i can’t fall asleep. places i wish i’d brought shorts to when albuquerque is dusted with snow. i want to meet strangers and trade stories with them. i want to give change to bums i’ll never see again. i want to miss new mexican food and drink new coffee. i want to see things i’ve never seen before and have always wanted to see. i want to drink locally brewed beers and have ridiculous singalongs with my friends. i want to cram into a car with the best people i know and enjoy the discomfort. i want to sleep on strange floors and share a tiny pillow with the love of my life. i want to shower in other peoples bathrooms and try their soap. i want to flow from saguaro spotted deserts to endless cornfields to thread-thin roads tucked away in thick forests. i want to breath the air from every elevation. rocky mountain thin and manhattan thick. i want to see small town bands play house shows. i want to give rides to crust punks. i want a big dog in the car, just to add to the smell. i want to indulge in tourist traps and frighten natives. i want to explore the bad parts of towns. that’s where i want to find my penpals. i want to know every inch of this country and all the good people in it. i want to buy them beer and give them hugs. get me in a car. get me out of here. take me anywhere. take me everywhere.

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