The "Plan"
We had two basic choices: the south or the midwest. I thought the South sounded more like my thing. Even in the summer. It had a reputation that sounded interesting to me. Blues? BBQ? Crazy republicans? People sing songs about Nashville and Memphis and Texas. But nobody really sings songs about Indianapolis. (Yes, go ahead, post a comment and tell me I'm wrong.) And besides, that route would allow us to go to
We were leaving from Bets and my parents' house in Pennsylvania. Clearly, we had to start by driving to Baltimore to get Liz. Then, we thought, maybe Knoxville would be a good place to head for. Then we could go to Memphis, and then across Arkansas and Texas, through New Mexico, and into Tucson. That was the basic idea.
AAA sent maps and tour books. I felt like that wasn’t very hardcore. Oooh, I’m gonna hit the road, but not without my AAA! But as it turned out, it was very freeing. Being able to find a motel in a teeny tiny town in the middle of Arkansas could be useful. And it's a good way to calm down your mother.
With the basic route in place, some other attractions presented themselves. Liz wanted to know: could we drive by the civil rights museum in Memphis? If Little Rock wasn’t out of the way, we could see the Clinton Library.
And then I remembered: Fort Worth, Texas has a cowgirl museum and hall of fame. As a rule, I’m not into museums, but when the subject matter is cool enough, I’m all over it.
Betsy was on a party-your-ass-off beach vacation until the 16th. So we figured she’d roll in, we’d have a day to get ready, and we were hitting the road.
So there we had it.
posted by Amy at 11:53 PM
2 Comments:
You are AWESOME. I love it. I can't wait to read more.
I've been meaning to say something on the songs of Indianapolis comment. You're right, I can't think of any either, at least about Indianapolis specifically. However, I can think of at least two about Indiana that are kind of fun. The first of course is "Gary, Indiana." I mean how can one overlook little Ronnie Howard belting this solo out in one of my all time favorite musicals. And secondly there is of course Jim Nabors opening up the Indy 500 with "Back Home In Indiana" which has become a tradition there for more than thirty plus years. Like I told Amy, yeah I'd chose Graceland over Indiana too. I mean come on, who wouldn't want to see Andy Kaufman again, especially as a tour guide at Graceland?
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