Adventures on the Road

I will be posting my (mis)adventures from my many travels here, regarding my trips to and from Reno, Las Vegas, Michigan and all points in between. It may interest you to know that the picture to the left is not the car in which any (at this point) of these adventures have taken place. Instead, I'll be writing about my beloved and dearly departed other cars, Pandora and Gretchen. Their stories are much better than Ava's just yet.

The good news is that my "adventures" always end up with my being alive and generally none the worse for wear. The best part is, they result in pictures like the one to the left. I don't really remember where in the world I took it, but it was on the initial drive from Michigan to Reno a few years ago. Who could resist the open road when it looks like this?

I should also add here, that "adventures" seem to be inherited from my mother, Susan. It seems that at least once during every family vacation (or outing between just Mom and I) we've had an incident which we affectionately call an "adventure." These have included, among others, parking in a building that turned out to be a bomb shelter, somehow ending up "backstage" at Disney World and seeing characters in costume, but without their heads, and swerving across numerous lanes of traffic to get to a certain mercantile which sells shells and other sea-related objects. Needless to say, this is the sort of thing that breeds a sense of humor in a person, as well as a fair amount of caution and planning ahead for unforeseen circumstances.

But my parents both gave me a good idea about what sort of adventures are to be expected, and it seems that I take after Daddy as well, in that I've hit my fair share of deer. Thankfully, he was the one who had the foresight to teach me how to change my tire, my windshield wiper blades and my oil. . . so I'm pretty much set for things that are general as far as maintenance goes. The following stories marked "Adventures" are accounts of things that could not possibly have been planned for.