Gone in the blink of an eye

I've been telling anyone that will listen about my trip coming up. I am so used to the shocked look on their faces as I explain the whole solo road trip to them. "Why would you do that?" "What for?" "Are you serious?"

I have heard them all. Then someone asked, "Why Route 66?"

Finally, a question that made me stop and think. My answer, "Why not?" Of course, that's such a cop out answer. I thought about it more and finally told them the real reason. I think our society is so fast paced and destructive. We have no problem creating new interstate highways to bypass these small towns and destroy them over time. I want to view this piece of American history while it still exists. Similar to the destruction of the four-plexes on my street. I think I may have been the only person on the street that was sad to see them destroyed. They were a part of time preserved for so long. Three units destroyed in two days. All I see is a pile of rubble now and that is being cleared just as fast.

As much as I try to explain this to people, they still don't understand. I get the same blank look on their faces. I'm telling you, I was born a couple of decades too late. I make a perfect hippie. Don't two negative make a positive?

Both my parents are conservative yuppie type of people. I love them to death, but they are concerned with the latest and greatest things. The merging of the two of them created this positive hippie. I know who I am and wear the hippie badge with pride.