I know and miss that drive well, at least as far as it goes to CDA (those horses don't move by the way, no matter how close you get to them). In fact, the first real big road trip that I drove by myself was from CDA to Marysville. I was a scared young pup, made sure my smokes and drink were in arms reach and didn't have to go searching for anything or take my eyes off the road. That was before I became a confident (cocky) menace on the road and wouldn't care about rummaging through the back seat for a half drunk coke I got at the ellensburg McD's while barrelling down the freeway at 80mph. Hit the weed after Moses Lakes? Sure but why not before too? And perhaps as we approach the mountain, and exit.
I need a new reason to make that trip again, but having sick folks here makes leaving an anxiety inducing feat that I have yet to overcome. Could also be that CDA found a way to be more conservative than it already was when I left the place over 10 years ago.
I am glad you are taking the time to visit family. As cliche as it is, family is important and even more so when you can all tolerate each other. It took a while for my family to get there (mainly my fault) but the struggle has been worth it.
I know and miss that drive well, at least as far as it goes to CDA (those horses don't move by the way, no matter how close you get to them). In fact, the first real big road trip that I drove by myself was from CDA to Marysville. I was a scared young pup, made sure my smokes and drink were in arms reach and didn't have to go searching for anything or take my eyes off the road. That was before I became a confident (cocky) menace on the road and wouldn't care about rummaging through the back seat for a half drunk coke I got at the ellensburg McD's while barrelling down the freeway at 80mph. Hit the weed after Moses Lakes? Sure but why not before too? And perhaps as we approach the mountain, and exit.
I need a new reason to make that trip again, but having sick folks here makes leaving an anxiety inducing feat that I have yet to overcome. Could also be that CDA found a way to be more conservative than it already was when I left the place over 10 years ago.
I am glad you are taking the time to visit family. As cliche as it is, family is important and even more so when you can all tolerate each other. It took a while for my family to get there (mainly my fault) but the struggle has been worth it.
Safe travels back, friendo!