— Dave Barry
Road trip! This is the best idea ever. Road trip to Iowa. Now I used to do that when my parents would bundle all of us children up in the car and with Mom in the passenger seat, we would go west from Detroit to Chariton, Iowa. The purpose was always to see Grandma and Grandpa, my mother’s father and her step-mother. In to farm country we went. For Thanksgiving, and sometime during the summer for the Iowa State Fair. Great stuff.
Now I know things have changed over the years, such as having a complete interstate highway system. And Sirius radio so you do not go freakin’ nuts trying to find a radio station to change the noise pattern from highway roar to C&W truckin’ music. And, there are no more Howard Johnson’s.
Doing the road trip in the van makes a lot more sense than in a bus. You get to see the world as you drive by in a car. In a bus the view is not the same. You get to stop in gas stations every 300 miles (or less depending on your bladder). Stopping in places lets you see prices. Visiting towns or cities lets you see for yourself the price of gasoline and milk. Critical knowledge points for those times when some smartass asks you what the price of milk is.
Doing the up close and personal with real people, like those working for a living, right now allows a lot of time in the future to remember these experiences when giving speeches. I will say that having time to talk with HRC is something important for those doing the personal contact thing, each of these people will have fine memories to share for a long period. Personally, I would like to have the experience, just as I would with Obama.
This morning I was talking with someone, a federal employee, about waking up early and writing for Trail Mix. She asked what the latest post was about and I told her Hillary’s announcement [. . .]. She asked If I was going to write support articles, I told her no. I have no reason to write those here, but I would be writing things to remind her of who we are and to keep her aim at our level. Also, posts about the Republican clown car; but those would be too easy so I would not do too many.