Things I learned while on my roadtrip

Here's what I learned on my road trip.

First and most importantly, REMEMBER WHERE THE GEAR SHIFT IS.  Yes, that totally deserved all caps.  Because I about broke the dame wiper lever off every time I went to put the damn car into Drive but instead, I just wound up turning the wipers on high and jumping in surprise and basically giving everyone around me a big laugh.

Also, bring more cd's.  For some reason, there's long stretches of North Carolina where the only crappy radio stations that will come in clearly are 70's disco music, Guns and Roses (seriously, the station played 3 GnR songs in a row to the point where Bella was crinkling her nose and saying, "What are we listening to??") or the God channel.  Oh, or there was a 4th choice.  Talk radio.  Altho, I'd rather listen to Kidz Bop for the 20th time rather than listen to talk radio.  If I wanted to hear people talk, I'd call someone on the phone.  If I'm in the car, I want music.

Always find a posse.  For me, it was a Charger and some kind of luxury SUV.  The three of us drove all through North Carolina for 2 hours hopping around each other, each taking turns being the rabbit and getting to roll thru the entire state at 80-85mph the whole way.  Oh hell yeah!

But the flip side of that, if your spidey sense is tingling, listen to it.  Don't try to pass a car that just mysteriously slowed down b/c odds are, he spotted the state cop...  Got stalked for a couple miles, lost a few years off my life, but then the cop just flashed his lights in my general direction and popped a U-y to go look for speeders on the other side of the highway.  I'm pretty sure I got a nonverbal warning from a cop.

If you're a lonely hitchhiker, don't hitchhike mere minutes away from a correctional facility.  No one will pick you up.  Ever.