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How a Road Trip Taught Me the Unexpected Power and Efficiency of Being Present
And how you can build it in to your day immediately
Summer arrived on June 21st, and on June 22nd, we seized the day and left on a road trip.
Over the next 27 days, my husband and I covered over 6,000 miles through the west and upper midwest of the United States. From my perch in Navigator’s Nest, also known as the passenger seat, I got to see, and enjoy, lots of cows, farmland, trains, small towns, national parks, geologic formations, petroglyphs, and the odd bison.
I also saw old friends and made some new ones. I saw lots of family members and got to meet some new ones on my husband’s side. (At some point, I’ll figure out precisely who is who and how everyone is related.)
We stayed in beautiful hotels, classic cabins, and a few sketchy motels where we weren’t sure our car would still be there in the morning.
We checked out roadside attractions like the World’s Largest Muskie in Minnesota, a hand-carved carousel in Montana, and the Corn Palace in South Dakota.
To round things out, we hit our fair share of distinctive dive bars as part of our mission to find the most interesting one in all 50 states.
