Tag: dailyprompt-1816

It was taken a long time ago when I was still at university and the boyfriend was new. A nice guy but he had a mind of his own. One weekend he invited me on this road trip that would take us from Tennessee to Alabama. I had never been to Alabama before so decided to go along. We would be spending the weekend with his sister and his brother-in-law.

It started out as a nice trip. Lots of rest stops, good food along the way and the scenery was nice and serene. Total driving time was supposed to be around 4 hours but as evening rolled around, we were still driving! Dusk brought on a new spooky feeling as the trees on both sides of the road had moss hanging from them and it looked downright scary! I later learned that they were called Spanish Moss but that didn’t help to calm my mind.

ME: “Are we going the wrong way?”

HIM: “Nope, we are headed in the right direction.”

Hmm….anyway, I watched as the road got narrower and the ride got spookier. About an hour in, there was a sign that read, “Welcome to Louisiana.”

I looked at him and he looked away.

HIM: “I guess you are right.”

ME: “I don’t want to spend the night in Louisiana.”

HIM: “We are going to turn around,” sounding more than a little irritated.

To make a long story short, we turned around and headed back to Alabama. I’m not sure how long that took but we finally made it to our destination somewhere around midnight! I was thankful that we made it to where we needed to go and kept my mouth shut!

“Most men are reasonably useful in a crisis. The difficulty lies in convincing them that the situation has reached a critical point.” Elizabeth Peters

It was a memorable road trip because I learned that men are often averse to asking for directions when they are lost. Why? Lord only knows!

It was a long time ago. The family was in Asia visiting friends and as road trips go, this one was exciting. We were in Malaysia. I was six or seven at the time and we were packed in a car and heading somewhere not sure where now. It was late at night and it was raining and the road we were on was dark and winding with no lights to show the way. Some of us were sleeping at the time while dad kept his eyes on the road. The rule was, do not stop if you hit anything because it was a ploy used by bandits to rob or do something worse.

We were approaching a curve and suddenly dad swerved to avoid a log in the middle of the road. We screamed as he tried to gain control of the car and somehow managed to avoid hitting the tree stump and we made it out of there with nothing more than a scare and something to remember for all time. We could have lost our lives that night and even though that trip was memorable for other reasons, it is this one aspect that stands out in my mind.