27 May 2012

. . . road trippin' . . .

. . . i like to drive . . .
. . . this is lucky, 
since sitting time 
is severely limited for bill . . .
. . . i was behind the wheel . . .
. . . while he rested in the back . . .
. . . he is very good 
at not being a backseat driver . . .
. . . i, on the other hand, 
am a very annoying 
passenger seat nagger . . .
. . . so, this situation 
was a best case scenario . . .

. . . here are some scenes 
from the road . . .
{and, yes, many are iphone pix taken by me while driving. shhhh!}

. . . i swear i was 
behind this semi 
filled with what appeared to be 
river rafts of some sort 
for about a half hour 
between flagstaff and page . . .
. . . it was verrrrrrrrrrrrrry windy 
and that thing was fishtailing 
and swaying all over both lanes . . .
. . . i nearly had to stop 
for a dramamine 
just watching it . . .


. . . mmmmmmmmm . . .
. . . public restrooms . . .
. . . my favorite . . .
. . . especially when 
they're held together 
with cardboard and duct tape . . .
{at least instructions were clearly posted 
and all amenities were included}


. . . clever advertising . . .
. . . it caught MY attention . . .


. . . starting the climb from sandy 
into little cottonwood canyon . . .


. . . when you're used to 
arizona's "green", 
it's hard to believe places like this 
really exist . . .
. . . lush pines and cottonwoods, 
which were just 
starting to leaf out . . .
. . . truly lovely . . .


. . . there were 
a crazy amount of bikers . . .
. . . i mean 
the kind without motors . . .
. . . and what goes up . . .


. . . must come down . . .
. . . this group was going 
about 60 mph . . .
. . . there are signs all along telling you
 to "share the road" . . .
. . . these guys were hard core . . .


. . . in the half hour it takes to drive
 from the freeway in sandy 
to the resort at snowbird, 
the temperature 
drops twenty degrees . . . 


. . . luckily, the cliff lodge 
was comfy and cozy . . .


. . . now we're home again . . .
. . . after a day of driving 
on extremely well-patrolled 
highways and freeways 
this holiday weekend . .  .
. . . all the more justification 
for my penchant 
for only going about 
three or four miles per hour  
above the posted speed limit . . .
. . . two cars absolutely flew past me
 between kanab and page yesterday . . .
. . . and i must admit there was 
a certain sense of satisfaction 
when not thirty seconds down the road 
i watched as a highway patrolman
 waved them both over 
to the shoulder . . .
. . . then as posted on many signs 
along the side of the road, 
i slowed down and pulled to the left 
as i passed them . . . 
. . . with my cruise control set about 
three or four miles per hour
over the speed limit . . .
. . . nanny nanny boo boo . . .


2 comments:

manders said...

Public bathrooms stress me out.
Glad you're home safe & sound!

jckhadlocks said...

Nanny nanny boo boo.. made me laugh and reminded me of my Lily wanting to play tag.