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What a long strange trip it’s been

The daily prompt wants to know – What’s the longest trip you’ve ever taken?

I think the longest trip I’ve taken in term of time is a 10-day excursion to Florida with my best friend when we were in our early 20s. Details of that are classified or yet to be remembered.

In terms of distance, I think it was from Baltimore to Helsinki Finland. I went on a business trip for work. Some old images from Helsinki are below from a very old Kodak digital camera.

Main entrance of a red brick church featuring a large decorative window and an ornate archway above two wooden doors.
Photo by Mike Hartley
Historic church with two tall spires surrounded by autumn trees against a blue sky.
Photo by Mike Hartley
A city street scene showing traffic signs, parked cars, and people walking along the sidewalks with trees lining the road.
Photo by Mike Hartley
A woman with a headband pushes a stroller along a waterfront promenade, with a harbor and boats in the background.
Photo by Mike Hartley
A bustling outdoor market stall displaying a variety of fresh vegetables, including tomatoes, lettuce, and peppers, with price signs in the background. A person is seen selecting vegetables.
Photo by Mike Hartley
A soldier in uniform standing guard under a roofed platform in front of a doorway.
Photo by Mike Hartley

Truckin, up to buffalo. been thinkin, you got to mellow slow
Takes time, you pick a place to go, and just keep truckin on.

Grateful Dead


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Road Trip

The daily prompt has asked me to – Think back on your most memorable road trip.

Okay, I did that. What a time. Most details are classified as are most of my memorable road trips with friends. We were young, our early 20s. Maryland to Daytona Beach Florida in my 74 Camaro with stops in Greenville SC and Vienna Ga on the way down. What I can say is that trip was the week the movie Animal House was released in 1978, and we saw it on the way down near Clemson University on day 2 of our 11-day adventure. The rest of the trip was spent topping that.

Some of the simplest road trips are the most pleasurable. These are with my better half and are so enjoyable. We have taken many road trips to Western Maryland and some to the Eastern shore of Maryland. Both very beautiful places. Sometimes day trips sometimes overnight. Sometimes a few days trip to different spots.

I think back to the memories of taking our children on vacations, mostly to the beach. I still can’t figure out how I packed all that stuff and people into a small car. But if the kids had a good time, it made our trip.

If it’s up to me, I prefer a road trip, no planes, ships, buses or trains. I don’t mind trains but the other three I can leave. I love to drive so road trips are my favorite form of travel.

This year I’m going to make a lot of road trips in the Miata. Mostly pointed east towards the shore but many other destinations also.

If I may add one thing. Could we all just try to get along on the roads and stop trying to kill each other for a car length or two advantage.

Eating up some road. Photo by Mike Hartley