• Sharon’s Travel Briefs

*When the odometer on my 2004 Hyundai Elantra reaches 150,000 miles, I will throw her a party. (Maybe treat her to five quarts of that genuine, real, expensive, synthetic oil?) During my cross-country jaunt she didn’t fail me once, not with a hiccup, a stubborn start or a flat tire. I say her, because I recently named her Ruby, for her striking color. I thought I would never name a car but it reminds me of my daughter’s first vehicle, a small pickup truck in fire-engine red she named “Mama Zoom.” Later, when she added a camper top, I made curtains for it in a red and blue paisley material.

*Over the course of more than seven thousand miles and many fast food stops, my loyalty defected from Burger King to Wendy’s. Wendy’s has 5 kinds of salads!

*At a rest stop in Florida, a car pulled up in front of the building. A woman jumped out and ran toward the restroom, then the car pulled away to park. I thought, “What a nice man that husband must be.” When I spotted the driver, it was a woman.

*Down in Mississippi and Louisiana, everyone calls everyone else Continue reading →