{"id":379606,"date":"2013-02-03T20:02:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-03T20:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/2013\/02\/03\/road-trip-amusement\/"},"modified":"2013-02-03T20:02:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-03T20:02:00","slug":"road-trip-amusement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/2013\/02\/03\/road-trip-amusement\/","title":{"rendered":"Road Trip Amusement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On one of my recent trips I crested this hillside and was transported back to one of our family vacations.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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We were heading home from a trip to North Carolina, years before GPS became a household name.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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After realizing we\u2019d somehow taken a wrong turn, Warren consulted the giant Rand McNally we kept in our car.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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There he found an alternate route.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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<\/span> <\/span>A shortcut<\/i>, he declared.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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We found ourselves snaking in and out and up and down some of the most mountainous terrain we\u2019d ever seen.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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We\u2019d secured SS, who was about two at the time, into the center of the middle seat so he was easily accessible to either of us from the front.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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From his spot he had a birds-eye view of the landscape that lay ahead of us.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Warren\u2019s hands clutched the steering wheel, while I sat rigid in the passenger seat.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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The dips in the road were like that of a roller coaster ride, the kind where you feel that Blup!<\/i> in the pit of your stomach as the cart takes a sudden freefall.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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As we began a quick descent after bouncing to the top of one of the steepest hills I\u2019ve ever seen, little SS let out a piercing Whhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!<\/i> from behind us.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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He started kicking his little legs and giggling.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Warren and I lost it.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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In a fit of laughter.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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What about you? What simple moment(s) brought a smile to your face this week? Do you have a road trip story that has amused your family for years afterward?<\/span><\/i><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span>Soon\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/span>\ufeff<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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