I’ve been on a lot of road trips, and am convinced they’re good for growth. Whether traveling new highways or familiar ones, there’s something meditational about sitting for so long and not being able to completely zone out. My favorite time to drive is right before sunset when the light reminds me of how much […]
by Kristi Campbell
Adelaide Dupont - Ah, road trips!
And tapes and mixed tapes.
My last audio book was THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL by Philip Roth.
So good! I love the way Word Smith narrates and the characters like Gil Gamesh and Isaac the genius.
SECRET LIFE OF BEES must have been good – as was your realisation that you needed to end a relationship. Sunken costs, yes?
“Something about windmills, swaying cornfields, and the story on tape helped me see my life more clearly. I realized I’d been working so hard to have one particular person love me that along the way, I’d lost love for myself. I realized he was using me, and needed me in a way that wasn’t good for me or any of my future selves.”
Well, Kristi, this blog is one way you show love for yourself and for your constituents.
Hope you do go to a dark sky place with Tucker and with Robert. Probably this northern winter as you get into your woolies and such.
Sales tax and all that with the packets.
Road trips in the 21st century must be less smoky. [I remember that people used to do it in cars and outside of cars].
I went to Twitch yesterday and observed a streamer and their visit to a temple/torii. This traveller had been looking forward to it for a time. There are so many conventions and guidelines around religious life in Japan such as no eating on the steps.
Trying to get on a second-floor parking lot there was a step and someone was concerned for me. I said “Thank you”.October 11, 2019 – 1:17 am
Kristi Campbell - I definitely plan to go to a dark sky place with Tucker and Robert. I just need to figure out how to do it. And where to go, I suppose. LOL to road trips in the 21st century being less smoky. I guess the world is less smoky than it was long ago. Wow to the visit to temple/torii. I think those bucket list trips are some of the most transforming ever. I’ve never been to Japan, but I hope I will be able to one day. And as far as self-love goes, I’m really trying. It’s funny how much of ourselves we give up as a parent, making so much about their experiences, you know?October 12, 2019 – 10:07 pm
Adelaide Dupont - Yes:
the big picture of sacrifice, Kristi.
Good to know that you are really trying with the self-love.October 14, 2019 – 1:27 am
Kristi Campbell - <3October 14, 2019 – 8:53 am
Adelaide Dupont - I finally made my post. [8 hours before the link-up closed!]
The picture is St Georges Beach near St Peter Port, Guernsey.
Designed it so you could see five streets away with the Esplanade.
It was cropped because it was big – 15 megabytes!! [that is three-quarters of a very old hard drive].
I cheated a little with Apple Maps.
The post is called “Watermelon radish” and I tried to find a US Department of Agriculture representation of that vegetable.
It is so very very pink, Kristi and readers.October 15, 2019 – 6:17 am
Kristi Campbell - It’s a stunningly lovely fruit! Wowza. And yay for Apple Maps and being able to see five streets away!October 16, 2019 – 1:03 pm
Tamara - ohmygod to that gross man!! I’m glad you didn’t see him again. And wow, to doing NJ to SF! I used to fly that route a lot, but never drove it! I did drive SF to MA, though. Which is similarish.
I miss the road trips of youth because I felt invincible and could blow my money on a good car or fancy hotels and not worry about repercussions.. yet.
Although the road trips right now are magic, because of having young kids (and potty trained ones who don’t get motion sick).
One day I’ll miss these deeply.October 11, 2019 – 7:17 am
Kristi Campbell - Super gross. I’m So glad he didn’t follow us. And yeah, it was a looooong trip, especially since we made it into a U and went south, but you know, it was one of the best road trips of my life, and I’ll never forget it. LOL to money spent without repercussions, I do remember those days. Ha. And yeah, I love the road trips with potty-trained kids.October 12, 2019 – 10:18 pm
Emily - I LOVE road trips! I say it all the time, that I love to take long car rides, especially by myself! The only thing I don’t like about it as a 50+ year old whose body is breaking down is that fact that after about 2 hours of driving, my sciatica pain kicks in…ugh!October 11, 2019 – 7:24 am
Kristi Campbell - I love them too. So much. And yeah, I feel you on the 50+ thing and our bodies. My friend Sara sends out joke emails each Friday and recently, one was about how rigor mortis happens before we’re even dead. I so get that.October 12, 2019 – 10:19 pm
Lizzi - Makes me laugh (and dry heave a bit) that dick pics have been around as long as men think their nasty bits are somehow impressive XD
I do think road trips depend 100% on the company. I have had some wonderful ones and a tiny minority of very awkward ones!! But they’re telling. All of them.October 11, 2019 – 8:52 am
Kristi Campbell - RIght??? WHY do men think it’s cool to show penis pics? Like they’re cool or whatever. Gross. And yeah, I get that road trips are dependent on the company. They ARE all telling. I remember driving from the beach to DC with you and Denise. 🙂October 12, 2019 – 10:21 pm
Allie G Smith - Beautiful post Kristi. I concur on almost all your points, except the bets time to drive. Right before Sunset is, for me, the worst time. Lulls me to sleep:)!
I hope you’re staying warm….October 12, 2019 – 1:38 pm
Kristi Campbell - Aw thanks, Allie. I thought about you A LOT with this post and this prompt. Feel free to link up an old road trip post to it, if you feel like it. I’m so happy I met you because of all of your trips. It was warm again today, so this weather is just crazy. Also? I totally miss you and think about you often!October 12, 2019 – 10:23 pm
Rebecca - I love how your road trips lead to important realizations about love, relationships, and your self. It’s like those road trips where cleansing to you and lead to greater clarity about what you needed right then and in the future. Lovely, reflective post, my friend!October 16, 2019 – 12:32 pm
Kristi Campbell - Thanks! I think there’s a lot to be said about being in a car with the world whizzing by that helps us see ourselves and our thoughts more clearly or something.October 16, 2019 – 1:05 pm