So I went on a road trip for spring break… 5 college students squished into a little, old Honda Accord… driving all the way to San Francisco, California. Recipe for a good time, right??? Right. Also, as it turns out, recipe for many horror-movie potentials. A few times along the course of the trip, my friends and I would say “… and this is how a typical college kids horror movie starts…” True story. So, I decided that I might as well share some of those hilarious situations.
The best situation was when the Honda’s muffler and exhaust pipe was falling off, so we were forced to stop at a rest stop in the middle of Nowhere, Idaho. Two semi trucks were already inhabiting the parking lot, the truckers themselves not visible. Another car was in the corner of the parking lot. When we went to the bathroom, the man who was the car’s inhabitant was standing by his car with his dog. No more than two minutes later, when we exited the bathroom, man and dog were nowhere to be seen, and the car was still sitting there… sketchy, right???
Another recipe for a horror movie: Snowstorm on the way back. We were driving along the outskirts of Yellowstone Park, no other cars in sight. Pitch black, around midnight. Snow covered the roads, it was hard to see through the snow that was coming down still… we drove through a few tiny towns in which not a soul was visible. Recipe for crash and winter struggle for survival story. Probably a serial killer waiting around too…
I’m sure there were more that I can’t remember. If I do remember them, I promise I will share!
And now, an Elvish song of travel in honor of The Hobbit coming out on DVD tomorrow!!!!!!!! (No, of course I’m not excited…)
O! Where Are You Going?
And where are you going?
Your ponies need shoeing!
The River is flowing!
O! Tra-la-la-lally
Here down in the valley!
O! What are you seeking,
And where are you making?
The faggots are reeking!
The bannocks are baking!
O! Tril-lil-lil-lolly
The valley is jolly
Ha ha!
O! Where are you going,
With beards all a-wagging?
No knowing, no knowing
What brings Mister Baggins,
And Balin and Dwalin
Down into the valley
In June
Ha ha!
O! Will you be staying,
Or will you be flying?
Your ponies are straying!
The daylight is dying!
To fly would be folly,
To stay would be jolly!
And listen and hark
Till the end of the dark
To our tune.
Ha ha!
The dragon is withered,
His bones are now crumbled!
His armor is shivered,
His splendour is humbled!
Though sword shall be rusted
And throne and crown perish,
With strength that men trusted
And wealth that they cherish,
Here grass is still growing,
And leaves are yet swinging!
The white water is flowing,
And elves are yet singing!
Come! Tra-la-la-lally!
Come back to the valley!
The stars are far brighter
Than gems without measure,
The moon is far whiter
Than silver in treasure:
The fire is more shining
On hearth in the gloaming
Than gold won by mining,
So why so a-roaming?
O! Tra-la-la-lally!
Come back to the Valley!
O! Where are you going?
So late in returning?
The water is flowing!
The stars are all burning!
O! Whither so laden,
So sad and so dreary?
Here elf and elf-maiden
Now welcome the weary!
With tra-la-la-lally
Come back to the Valley,
Tra-la-la-lally
Fa-la-la-lally
Ha ha!
I did a roadtrip in California for Spring Break too. 6 college students cramped into a Chevy Traverse with a load of a lot of useless luggage. And we drove to San Francisco from LA overnight. Pretty damn similar!
Yeah, sounds pretty similar! Small world! I hope you had as much fun as I did!
It was awesome! My first time out on the west coast! I’m going to be writing about it more in detail soon so hopefully you should get a chance to read it
I can hardly wait!