Road Trip and the Giant Lady's Leg Sundial

It seems like people usually fall into one of two groups: the “road-tripping-I-Love-Lucy-crazy-adventure kind” and the “we’d-really-prefer-to-fly-and-enjoy-an-incident-free-vacation-complete-with-moist-towelettes kind.”  Daughter Maggie and I fall into the first camp.  In fact we are getting t-shirts printed with WWLD? on them.  What would Lucy do?  

Maybe instead we should be thinking “What would Moses do?”

After all, Moses had an epic road trip from Egypt to the Promised Land complete with the equivalent of a highway straight through Lake Superior, an ancient GPS that looked like a pillar of fire, and weird diner food provided every day.  Elijah, belonging to the second group, took a quick trip to heaven in a whirlwind.  Poof!

Recently Maggie and I have been planning a road trip we’re really excited about.  She will be finishing her job in Guatemala with International Justice Mission (IJM.org) and will be moving to D.C. for her new job and living with Katy, her sister. 

So here’s the plan.  We’re going to rent a U-Haul truck.  It has to be a truck because a truck is the adventurous, fun version of a trailer (plus we get to wear trucker hats).  We’re going to pack it up with stuff (never mind that John says we could buy a heck of lot of furniture for what it costs to rent a truck) and head to D.C. on a cross-country extravaganza. 

We’ve found this website called Roadsideamerica.com which has provided a treasure-trove of suggestions for stops on our odyssey.  So far, included on our itinerary are:

• The Giant Lady’s Leg Sundial next to the nudist camp in Roselawn, Indiana
• The Two-headed calf in Brookeville, Ohio
• The Bible Walk Wax Museum in Mansfield, Ohio
• The Space Acorn UFO in Kecksburg, Pennsylvania

We’re also considering a visit to the Mystery Hole in West Virginia and the Virginia State Women’s Penitentiary.

In life we rarely get the comfy first-class plane ride complete with mimosas and recliner chairs, but isn’t it more interesting when we might happen upon a Space Acorn?  We’re not leaving yet, but today, right where I am, in the midst of the mundane, I’m going to be on the lookout for the unusual. 

What great road trips have you taken?  Any suggestions for us?