If you think taking a road trip with your 58 year old mother sounds like trying to stay awake on a warm Sunday morning during a long-winded sermon, we're not on the same page. Try being the 58 year old taking a road trip with 83 year old parents.
We were often traveling faster than prudence and the law allows and my breath caught each time we passed a semi on a two lane road while the on-coming semi rapid grew in size. My driving was much smoother, at least for me, and running off the snow-covered road in Yellowstone while I tipped my pop can to get the last drop was much more upsetting to my step dad than to me. I did appreciate his cry, "look out!" when I almost sideswiped an on-coming car but I don't think the other driver noticed since he was looking at the buffalo, too.
Actually it was a lot of fun, considering the age of the participants. Our first night at a very nice motel in North Platte, including a cooked to order breakfast for less than $50. North Platte is where Buffalo Bill Cody drew together his "Wild West Show" which included Annie Oakley. Sorry but that's the best I can come up with for the drive from Bethany to North Platte, NE.
Both day one and day two we had wind gusts that required a constant two-handed grip on the steering wheel and a few strips of highway could be called white knucklers. Seeing the 18 wheelers tilting in the force made each safe mile something to be thankful for.
I don't want to tell all the exhilarating experiences we had those 4 days just now. I'll save a few titillating details for future posts.
