Oh! The Places You’ll Go!

Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You’re off to Great Places!
You’re off and away!

Dr. Seuss is quite a genius!
Quite often he is right.
His observations are quite correct
and quite full of insight.

My first flight was weeks ago.
I left on June, One.
I flew home June, Twenty First.
I'll let you know when I'm done.

This last month has been amazing!
I've been traveling Ronstop.
I've seen pigs while they're grazing.
I used the Raleigh bus stop.

I brewed beer with my friend.
I drank beer with my friend.
My friendliest friend.
A great friend type of friend.

I slept with his dogs.
And we took them to school.
We took flowers to his fiance.
Because she is cooler than cool.

I Was Totally Destroying it.
"It was an absolute pleasure."
That was the band.
I bought the t-shirt to treasure.

I stood on the Redhook ferry.
I stood on the sand of Maho Bay
I stood on the Annaberg ruins
I stood on Waterlemon Cay

My sisters lives in St. John
An adventure I admire.
I love the life she lives.
I helped her change a flat tire.

It gets pretty hot there 2.
I took 2 cold showers everyday.
I sweat through 2 t-shirts.
I wish that I were still there 2day.

Lizards are everywhere!
I'm talking lizards on the ground.
Lizards are floating in the water.
"Push Up" lizards abound.

Oh, Canada!
Oh, how I love your border.
I also love the customs agents,
and how they keep so much order.

I really really liked Canada!
I just wasn't allowed to stay.
So, I went back to Detroit.
And ate some B-Dubs that day.

USA vs. England!
It was Saturday around 2:30.
My parlay bet lost 20 bucks.
But Dempsey's goal was dirty.

Bachelor parties are great in Canada.
Girls...Casinos...Bars
Drinking, but not drunk.
"I'll show you mine-you show me yars, eh!"

Another friend is moving south.
Correction: my friend has moved.
I went with him/drove the van.
That much can be proved.

On the way to Florida.
Hours and hours Uhauling the load.
Truck tire debris is everywhere.
Danger to bumpers on the road.

Swimming pools and one more beach
I threw a new football in the sun.
SPF 30 is my friend.
On the Banana Boat I had fun.

8 Take offs and 8 landings.
I did it all in 21 days.
7 different airports.
4 layovers and 2 delays.

I am extremely tired from the trip,
But I will sleep when I am dead.
Oh! The places I will go!
But for now, its off to bed.

Eastbound and Down...

Smokey and the Bandit starring Burt Reynolds and Sally Field opened to movie goers in 1977. Its a simple "good guy renegade" type vs. "bad guy lawman" type story. "Bandit" as played by Mr. Reynolds and "Snowman" as played by Jerry Reed are tasked with transporting booze over state lines in an inconceivably short amount of time. The real story begins when Sheriff Buford T. Justice gets into the mix and a hilarious cat and mouse pursuit takes off across the country (outside of Justice's legal jurisdiction mind you).

The relevance to me today is quite small, but inescapable. Jerry Reed's hit song "Eastbound and Down" is about the only country song that I know and it is whole lot of fun to sing at the top of your lungs on road trips.

I am not actually on a road trip as defined so eloquently by Wikipedia , but I am on a trip and I am in the south and I am east. My friend Bart lives in Raleigh, North Carolina and that is where I am. And that is why I sing!

to be continued...