summer of '85
i was surfing the national geographic society's website just now, when i saw this photo taken along route 66 in arizona:
route 66, arizona
it kinda brought back memories of yesteryears gone past...when we were still young, and when my dad would take us on road trips everywhere. it brought back to mind our family's first real road trip (we also took route 66, if i'm not wrong)...
i remember we had this white 1980 oldsmobile cutlass supreme back then...it was damn spacious...three people could sit in front (the hand-brake was next to the gear shift), and there was enough space for four more passengers behind (disclaimer: asian sized passengers).
anyway, my paternal grandparents came to visit us in the summer of 1985...about one year after we had moved to the states...so, my dad wanted to show them around. that's when we headed off on a 2-week road trip from the golden state (california), all the way down to texas.
even though i was only 6 years old at that time, i remember enough from the trip to still be able to tease my dad (up till this day) for overheating the car in the middle of the arizona desert...i remember the beef jerkies that my brother and i loved gnawing on while we were on the road...i remember my grandma and mom cooing over my infant sister behind in the backseat, while my brother chattered on and on about nothing in particular (he was the talkative one back then) next to them...i remember sitting next to my grandfather in the frontseat...where he'd always be putting his protective arm around me while i slept.
we stopped by so many places along the way...the grand canyon, the great salt lake, yellowstone national park...the list goes on and on...but at that time, it was pretty boring for the hyper kid that i was...sitting in a car...wishing that the next destination would come faster...getting scolded by my dad for not looking at the scenery...but now, i wouldn't trade these memories for the world. those were the best days of my life...back in the summer of '85... =)
one of these days, i'm going to bring my parents on a road trip too...hopefully before i have pesky kids asking me if we're there yet...but then again...that's also part and parcel of any road trip, isn't it? =)
route 66, arizona
it kinda brought back memories of yesteryears gone past...when we were still young, and when my dad would take us on road trips everywhere. it brought back to mind our family's first real road trip (we also took route 66, if i'm not wrong)...
i remember we had this white 1980 oldsmobile cutlass supreme back then...it was damn spacious...three people could sit in front (the hand-brake was next to the gear shift), and there was enough space for four more passengers behind (disclaimer: asian sized passengers).
anyway, my paternal grandparents came to visit us in the summer of 1985...about one year after we had moved to the states...so, my dad wanted to show them around. that's when we headed off on a 2-week road trip from the golden state (california), all the way down to texas.
even though i was only 6 years old at that time, i remember enough from the trip to still be able to tease my dad (up till this day) for overheating the car in the middle of the arizona desert...i remember the beef jerkies that my brother and i loved gnawing on while we were on the road...i remember my grandma and mom cooing over my infant sister behind in the backseat, while my brother chattered on and on about nothing in particular (he was the talkative one back then) next to them...i remember sitting next to my grandfather in the frontseat...where he'd always be putting his protective arm around me while i slept.
we stopped by so many places along the way...the grand canyon, the great salt lake, yellowstone national park...the list goes on and on...but at that time, it was pretty boring for the hyper kid that i was...sitting in a car...wishing that the next destination would come faster...getting scolded by my dad for not looking at the scenery...but now, i wouldn't trade these memories for the world. those were the best days of my life...back in the summer of '85... =)
one of these days, i'm going to bring my parents on a road trip too...hopefully before i have pesky kids asking me if we're there yet...but then again...that's also part and parcel of any road trip, isn't it? =)
3 comments:
hey.. u've been to dempsey hut rite? how's e ambience n food there?
*sorry, this comment is kinda irrelevant*
i usually go to "wine company" and "wine network" along dempsey road...i've only been to dempsey hut is once...they have ok food...mostly western bbq grill stuff...ambience is not too bad either...the place is nicely lit by torches on poles...but the only thing is that there will be a lot of mosquitoes...though the waiters try to ward them off by burning coils...can try lah. =)
okie.. thx!
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