Pre-College Road Trip

SalveMater
Fri, 15 Nov 2013 23:53:16 +0000

When we were 17 my girlfriend and I went with her 21 year old sister on a roadtrip all the way to Mexico! We took the scenic route through the mountain ranges of Baja then on through to the Gulf of Mexico. When we arrived the whole town was sold out, literally there was no room at the inn! Fortunately, the manager of a motel rented out his cab over camper shell to us for a few nights until one of the rooms became vacant. Three girls sharing a rickety old campershell with no AC at the rear of an unlit dirt lot, in a place where it’s 100+ at 6am, getting eaten alive by red ants haha.

All in all, we had a great trip and our driver had travelled to our destination hundreds of times, but that was then and this is now. When I think of all the things that could have gone way wrong, without cell phones or gps, I shudder. There is no way I would ever consent to my daughter taking a trip like that today.

Not sure why so many parents think it’s ok for teenage girls to make a long roadtrip nowadays. I say sorry, no way. Call me hypocritical and accuse me of having a double standard, don’t care. Too many other options for adventure without courting road rage crazies, campground weirdos and/or car trouble. No gracias I’d say sorry kiddo.