We made it to St. Louis last night at around 2am and now its 8am and we're back on the road already. We all are a little short of sleep so the people sitting behind me are currently sleeping, or attempting to sleep.
I currently am holding the position of navigator which chooses the music and helps keep the driver company. I don't even navigate because I'm in the car that doesn't have the GPS so basically the car I am in just follows the first car.
Yesterday we departed from Bethel at 5:00pm. We drove non-stop to someplace in Iowa. We stopped in what seemed like a sketchy place, even for Iowa. It was dirty and had a bunch of cars going by blasting rap music.
Along the way though we drove by a store by the name of Purely Pleasure. It had one of those big signs that displays the time and temperature but also displayed other sayings such as, "sex is great and our toys are too.". It was in the middle of nowhere too but I assume that since they have a display sign they are doing alright. I imagined the owner of the shop; wondering what his life must be like. I also wondered if he likes his job.
But this brings me back to an Iowa gas station in what seems like a sketchy area. We all had to use a bathroom in this gas station which had an "out of order" sign on it but everything worked so I don't know what was out of order. This gas station sold a lot of liquor, like wall to wall liquor.
Some guy was restocking the shelves and I was standing there waiting for someone to get done in the bathroom. He asked me if I was from Texas because I was wearing my UT Longhorns hat. I told him no that I'm just a fan. He smiled and I smiled and I got the feeling, or the impression, that he was a very friendly guy. He left though to go restock some more and now I am wishing I made some more small talk with him.
After that Iowaian ( Iowaean, Iowaite, Iowation?) gas station the weather got pretty bad, it rained, poured, visibility was low and we had to pass many semi-trucks which is scary in good weather if you ask me. We took another small break a couple hours later and that is when it was my turn to drive.
Before I drove though we got gas. And before I drove I sat in the back seat listening to a squeaky windshield wiper going back and forth which was annoying to the driver and the navigator at the time. At the gas station we checked out this squeaky windshield wiper and I'll spare you the details of the damage but we fixed it pretty easily and because we fixed it we felt manly so we checked the oil to feel more manly.
Then I drove and the rain still was coming down but not as worse as before. I drove this Kia minivan and for those of you who like minivans, shame on you. It was like driving a suburban but it was a lot lower and I don't how those things are safe at all because they have a huge blind spot. This is my rant on minivans. I shall never own one of those things.
I drove until we got to St. Louis and i was surprised I made it that far. My navigator kept me awake and played a random shuffle of music that we would sing along too.
The only event that really occurred was having a rock hit the windshield causing a little dent crack thing.
It's now 9am and we are still heading southbound. More to come later.
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