The Road Trip Thread

adropinthepark

I have a few. Most involve Jartran moving trucks.

So this one time when we were moving in a Jartran truck...

I think this is the one where we (my mom, my sister and I) were moving from San Jose, CA by way of LA (Disneyland!) to Los Almos, NM. We were somewhere outside of Flagstaff, AZ when the truck lost power. It's a dark black night and we can see nothing. My mom was able to pull onto the shoulder pretty much perfectly. Then we sit and wait...in the absolute darkness. Mom, being slightly impulsive, decides this is a good time to test her gun. Hey, she IS an American and this is the wide open desert. What better place? So she does her thing. (I honestly don't really remember 'the shot')

Then a trucker comes down the road and pulls over in front of us. He's kind of far ahead of us. Is he baiting my mom? My mom isn't sure, so she has my sister and I crouch down on the floorboards of the truck. Then she hands me (7yrs old, never held a gun) the loaded gun. My sister (4yrs old, still totally cute and not yet my nemisis, lucky for her) is right behind me. My mom tells us that she is going to see if she can get some help from the truck driver, but if ANYBODY besides her opens our moving truck door, I am to shoot them.

I am on it.

Turns out, the truck driver is a perfectly nice good samaritan. He gave us a ride into Flagstaff. He let my sister & I drink his Pepsi and eat his Twinkies(RIP). He honked his horn when we asked him to. It was absolutely delightful.

And, it gets better.

I don't know how this all worked out, but while our moving truck was being fixed, we were being entertained in Flagstaff. Turns out, the carnival was in town - Circus-fucking-tent and all. Being without a vehicle, a very nice gentleman gave us a ride to the carnival in a right hand drive 1940s-something Rolls Royce. The carnival was out in the desert...drive, drive, drive then it appeared practically out of nowhere. The whole experience was positively magical.

I Love road trips.

Suzi78

Looove road trips! Done lots of road trips across Europe and California. Just got back from a short one, LA to the Grand Canyon. Was a bit costlier than I had planned...Lost a $450 cashmere sweater while fueling up in Arizona. Had no idea where I had put that sweater until I looked at my pictures when I got back home and I see that damn thing lying on the ground next to the car. And then on the way back we got a speeding ticket outside of Barstow, and this one made me cry...find out today that the total (driving school included) will cost me $650. However, Grand Canyon was amazing

81

Suzi78 wrote:

Looove road trips! Done lots of road trips across Europe and California. Just got back from a short one, LA to the Grand Canyon. Was a bit costlier than I had planned...Lost a $450 cashmere sweater while fueling up in Arizona. Had no idea where I had put that sweater until I looked at my pictures when I got back home and I see that damn thing lying on the ground next to the car. And then on the way back we got a speeding ticket outside of Barstow, and this one made me cry...find out today that the total (driving school included) will cost me $650. However, Grand Canyon was amazing

pix? car? :corn:

Suzi78

81 wrote:

Suzi78 wrote:

Looove road trips! Done lots of road trips across Europe and California. Just got back from a short one, LA to the Grand Canyon. Was a bit costlier than I had planned...Lost a $450 cashmere sweater while fueling up in Arizona. Had no idea where I had put that sweater until I looked at my pictures when I got back home and I see that damn thing lying on the ground next to the car. And then on the way back we got a speeding ticket outside of Barstow, and this one made me cry...find out today that the total (driving school included) will cost me $650. However, Grand Canyon was amazing

pix? car? :corn:

A Mazda...not sure what model. It's small and white

81

Suzi78 wrote:

A Mazda...not sure what model. It's small and white

:fp:

i thought you were a car girl.

sounds like a good time. i wouldn't mind tripping out to the grand canyon from here. we're talking vacation in colorado next year....maybe it turns into a slightly longer trip

Suzi78

81 wrote:

Suzi78 wrote:

A Mazda...not sure what model. It's small and white

:fp:

i thought you were a car girl.

sounds like a good time. i wouldn't mind tripping out to the grand canyon from here. we're talking vacation in colorado next year....maybe it turns into a slightly longer trip

Well, let's just say that I know how to work the accelerator...other than that, I don't care much about cars.

Oh that would be such a great road trip! It's so worth visiting. We hiked all the way down to the bottom of the canyon and spent the night at this ranch called the Phantom Ranch, and then hiked back up in the morning. If you just choose to stay at the rim and look at the view, one day is more than enough. But it's so much more exciting to explore the trails and the whole canyon. I could've spent a week at the bottom just hiking and camping. So beautiful!

81

this one time....i made my brother puke

driving around back country roads in NC. if you've never ridden with me, i've been known to channel my inner nascar driver. i gave him one to many curves. he puked in a bag that contained his sneakers.

mca47

81 wrote:

sneakers.

They are f'n SHOES!



"Sneakers"? Really? :-x

peacefrompaul

mca47 wrote:

81 wrote:

sneakers.

They are f'n SHOES!



"Sneakers"? Really? :-x

Well said, Sir. I should have noticed that earlier :corn:

81

Soda pop

mca47

peacefrompaul wrote:

mca47 wrote:

81 wrote:

sneakers.

They are f'n SHOES!



"Sneakers"? Really? :-x

Well said, Sir. I should have noticed that earlier :corn:

That's what my grandpa calls any kind of shoe other than dress-shoes.

peacefrompaul

81 wrote:

Soda pop

You've got to be fucking kidding me

mca47

peacefrompaul wrote:

81 wrote:

Soda pop

You've got to be fucking kidding me

81: "Back in my day, I put on my brand new shiny sneakers and walked to the corner market to buy some soda pop. Back then, a soda pop cost a nickel! I nickel! *teeth fall out*. Ooooooh...those were the days...".

mca47: Nods and walks away. <--- The best way to deal with old people! Fact!

81

Do you prefer kicks

81

mca47 wrote:

peacefrompaul wrote:

81 wrote:

Soda pop

You've got to be fucking kidding me

81: "Back in my day, I put on my brand new shiny sneakers and walked to the corner market to buy some soda pop. Back then, a soda pop cost a nickel! I nickel! *teeth fall out*. Ooooooh...those were the days...".

mca47: Nods and walks away. <--- The best way to deal with old people! Fact!

Where be me pipe

mca47

81 wrote:

Where be me pipe

Someone....anyone....give 81 a pipe in the SOS thread!

81

Cherry tobacco please

peacefrompaul

81 wrote:

Cherry tobacco please

dougfloyd

My grandpa used to smoke this, the smell always reminds me of their house.



And why does your old guy impression sound like a pirate??

81

dougfloyd wrote:

My grandpa used to smoke this, the smell always reminds me of their house.



And why does your old guy impression sound like a pirate??

Prince albert....that sounds dirty

Blame the beer. Yarrrrrr