The Roady

5/7/22

With school winding down to an end, there is a ton of shit on my mind. I’ve got to finish my season of lacrosse with the boys (shout out the fellas). I’ve got to finish school, which is gonna be a pain in the ass. Lastly, which is gonna suck, I have to pack up my apartment and send it to a storage unit for a month. But, as the old saying goes, it’s always darkest before the dawn.

I have just finished all of that pesky stuff, and completed easily the greatest devised roadtrip the world has ever seen. Just like in the Lord of the Rings, my journey took me east, not to the land of Mordor, however, but home to DC. It was planned in a way where my caravan, or Fellowship if you will, was able to enjoy the many fine things the cities of this beautiful country have to offer.

It began on Thursday, with about a 10 and a half hour drive from Colorado Springs to Dallas, Texas. On the way we stopped in Alamosa, Texas, at the Big Texan home to the 72oz steak challenge where the steak is free if you eat the whole thing. We finally arrived in Dallas, where the Fellowship spent time in the Highland Park area and went to a dope little Mexican restaurant that Ezekiel Elliott tends to frequent. It was an awesome time,”Deep in the heart of Texas”.

The journey didn’t end in Dallas, though, as on Friday the Fellowship continued the journey east to Nashville, Tennessee. It was approximately a 9 and a half hour journey to the country music capital of the world. Along the way, the Fellowship stopped in Memphis, Tennessee, home of the Bass Pro Shop Pyramid. For those who are wondering, it is a literal pyramid, the tenth largest in the world to be exact. It was literally a Bass Pro Shop, but with a hotel and Wahlburger inside. I’ve never had one before; they were small but not half bad. It was a wonderful piece of American architecture.

Anyways, we continued the journey through Tennessee to Smashville. We were in Nashville on a friday night. FRIDAY NIGHT! NASHVILLE! Needless to say, we had an amazing time. Broadway is an experience like no other. The amount of live music is awesome, and everyone there always has a good time. Nashville is a great city with an amazing culture. I love Nashville.

The Journey’s done right? Nope.

The third leg of the trek home was a 7 hour and 45 minute drive to Charlottesville, Virginia. Yes, Charlottesville is very close to home for me, but it isn’t home. You see, Charlottesville is the place where UVA is located, and is the school of old friends, that I spent a Saturday night with. This is coordinated for the chance of having the most fun at a normal college town, even though it was graduation weekend. Since my school is so small, it was awesome to experience a college town, one that I have seen as a kid, but never as a college kid.

Finally, the expedition (no pun intended since that’s the name of the car I drive) took me home, after a brief 2 hour drive home yesterday. The journey took about 29 hours and 45 minutes and about 2043 miles. Of course, this is a lot of time in a car, however I was graciously accompanied by the boys (shout out the boys) and we were all in it together. I made an absurd playlist for the roady and for the rest of the summer, which was banger after banger. It got tough for a bit, but the job was done, and now I’m home.