Last summer I marked a cool piece from NPR’s “Day to Day” and had meant to publish it here, but I didn’t end up making the entry live. Now that the summer driving season is once again upon us, I thought I’d finally put up the entry.
In the piece, Noah Adams took a leisurely route from Washington, D.C., to Los Angeles, following much of the storied Route 66. At one point, Adams stops at a corner in Winslow, Arizona, the place popularized in the Jackson Browne song (performed by the Eagles) “Take It Easy”.
I’ve always had a liking for that song because 26 years ago, while hitchhiking across the country, I *was* standing on a corner in Winslow Arizona (although I wasn’t a fine sight to see) and a Native American Family in a flat bed Ford slowed down to take a look at me. Maybe not as good as a girl in a flat bed Ford, but I ended up riding with them for a few 100 miles, sitting in back with their dog and much of their possesions. But I digress…
If you have a hankering for some summertime travel but are chained to your desk, or if you’re an old hippy dreaming of his days on the open road, check out
“How Many Miles You Got on That Thing?”