Community Series #21: Holiday Traveling Tales

Call us crazy, but Abi and I decided to start a 9 hour drive at 8 in the evening. When the holidays are near, the anticipation of being with family encourages such actions.

I drove till about 5 am and Abi took over from there - however, the circumstances before that switch made for hilarious traveling memories.

While starting on our last highway, we encountered two bad accidents. The wait time was more than 30 minutes, and since we were becoming tired we decided to drive the back roads - oh my, were they back roads!

As we drove through the woods, the roads became progressively thinner, to the point that they were essentially a one way. The funny part was, they still had double yellow lines. There was only room for a four-wheeler on either side of the road - which is probably the main mode of transportation in the backwoods.

It was a welcome respite for both of us, as we couldn’t stop laughing even as we were incredibly tired.

We continued on and passed multiple cow crossing signs and stopped to avoid several packs of deer. There was no lack of excitement in the darkness of the woods.

Finally, we made it to a stopping point so Abi could finish the drive, and I could sleep for 3 hours.

When I woke up, there was a smell of Pepe le Pew around our vehicle - a dead skunk had found our tire.

As holiday traveling goes, this was the more entertaining of trips that I can remember. The best part is, we have a 24 hour trip ahead of us to Colorado in 2 weeks. Here we go.

What are some of your adventurous and memorable holiday travel stories?

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