Monday, December 19, 2005
over the river and through the woods
Maybe I didn't come to grandmother's house. Just Mom and Dad's, but oh what an adventure it was. I left Raleigh yesterday afternoon and stopped in Goldsboro to visit a college roommate (She's married now, but when we lived together, her name was Mandy Moore. No joke.) We had a grand ol' time, I spent the night and left late this morning. I decided that I really didn't want to deal with I95. Quick as it might be, it stresses me out. I wanted a more scenic route, so I took highways 117, 701, 521 (for about 10 miles accidentally), 41 and 17. Never heard of them? Yeah, me neither. But some of the sights I encountered along the way included:
- a lot of livestock.
- several Piggly Wigglies.
- more livestock.
- acres and acres (miles even) of farmland.
- a restaurant called Thorny's with a tree restricting my view of the sign, so until I got right up to it, I thought it was called Horny's. I didn't know what kind of a place I was in, but I was quite ready to get out.
- two tractor-trailers blocking two-lane 701.
- two dirt roads as I tried to maneuver around the accident (I was successful).
- a Wal-Mart with a partial Nativity scene (incomplete with a Joseph, a shepherd and a donkey).
- my new favorite road construction sign. It's a rectangular sign with a smaller diamond warning sign in the middle. The diamond sign lets you know that you are entering a construction zone. Above the diamond, it says, "LET 'EM WORK," and below, it reads, "LET 'EM LIVE."
- a gas station with a shower in the ladies room and a guy who looked exactly like LL Cool J sitting in the booth of the gas station dining area.
- Highway (well actually it might be a state road) 41, which I did not intend to see, but saw after I accidentally saw highway (state road?) 521. Oops.
- several rivers.
- a LOT of woods.
And six hours later, here I arrived. I think it's pretty funny and a little bit pitiful that I got around an accident successfully by exploring one normal, two dirt and one obviously newly-paved road, but in a town with signs pointing me in the right direction, I came out on the wrong highway and ended up in the middle of nowhere with no cell phone signal for an hour. I guess I'm just that good. The only thing missing from the trip was "Freedom Life Church on Fire." Next week....next week.
- a lot of livestock.
- several Piggly Wigglies.
- more livestock.
- acres and acres (miles even) of farmland.
- a restaurant called Thorny's with a tree restricting my view of the sign, so until I got right up to it, I thought it was called Horny's. I didn't know what kind of a place I was in, but I was quite ready to get out.
- two tractor-trailers blocking two-lane 701.
- two dirt roads as I tried to maneuver around the accident (I was successful).
- a Wal-Mart with a partial Nativity scene (incomplete with a Joseph, a shepherd and a donkey).
- my new favorite road construction sign. It's a rectangular sign with a smaller diamond warning sign in the middle. The diamond sign lets you know that you are entering a construction zone. Above the diamond, it says, "LET 'EM WORK," and below, it reads, "LET 'EM LIVE."
- a gas station with a shower in the ladies room and a guy who looked exactly like LL Cool J sitting in the booth of the gas station dining area.
- Highway (well actually it might be a state road) 41, which I did not intend to see, but saw after I accidentally saw highway (state road?) 521. Oops.
- several rivers.
- a LOT of woods.
And six hours later, here I arrived. I think it's pretty funny and a little bit pitiful that I got around an accident successfully by exploring one normal, two dirt and one obviously newly-paved road, but in a town with signs pointing me in the right direction, I came out on the wrong highway and ended up in the middle of nowhere with no cell phone signal for an hour. I guess I'm just that good. The only thing missing from the trip was "Freedom Life Church on Fire." Next week....next week.
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