About a month ago I published an entry in which I listed some of the items on my Life List, and it looks like one of those goals is going to happen in a couple weeks.
Though not exactly as I had envisioned.
In two weeks, Kevin has to attend a wedding of an old friend of his, and he asked me to be his date. The wedding is in Kentucky, which means we’re just making a nice weekend of it. The original plan was to fly there, but airline prices are higher than the actual planes, so that’s not really an option for us anymore. So, it has been determined that we will be driving.
ROAD TRIP!
To Kentucky.
And back.
In one weekend.
Gulp.
Let’s take a second to actually see what this will look like, shall we?
That’s no small potatoes. According to Google Maps, that’s 880 miles. And it will take just under 14 hours. Factor in bathroom breaks and stopping to eat along the way, and now we’re talking more like 16 hours or so.
Oh yeah, it’s also a round trip. So, let’s adjust our numbers. Now we’re talking about 1760 miles and about 32 hours of driving.
All in one weekend.
For reals? Is that even humanly possible?
Yes, I had a cross-country road trip on my Life List, but this isn’t exactly what I had in mind.
In my head, it would be a group of friends spending about a week or so driving around the country in a van and visiting random tourist traps along the way. You know, those places where water runs uphill. Or those places where giant balls of twine warrant attention. Or Dollywood.
Instead it’s going to be two gay guys going halfway across the country and back to a place that (from my limited knowledge of) isn’t the most homo-friendly place on the planet. And then we’ll don our gay apparel and be each others date. To a wedding. In Kentucky.
Not exactly the same as Dollywood.
Don’t get me wrong, I actually am still excited to go, because regardless of how pleasant or not it may end up being, it is a new experience and an adventure. And it will also get me out of the city for a couple days, and that can do the soul a world of good every now and then. I’ve never been to Kentucky before unless you count driving through a tiny portion of it on my way to and from Georgia when I was ten, so that will help to reach the Life List goal of visiting every state also.
And if my grade school geography taught me anything, I believe we will be driving through the Appalachian Mountains, which could be quite beautiful. I think we’re embarking on a Thursday evening, so depending on how things work out, we could end up in the mountains for a sunset and/or a sunrise, which would be an extra treat.
So, I’m focusing on the silver linings and as it draws closer find myself looking forward to it more and more. But from now on I’m just going to be more specific with these Life List items.
Much more specific.
Much more specific to sure.
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