Raise Up!

I am back in North Carolina after an eventful cross-country drive.  I must say, I was very happy and proud to get back to NC after driving through the deep south.  Overall, the trip went very smoothly, and I am so grateful to everyone I visited along the way!

Here's a map of the route I took:

The one thing about driving by myself for most of the way was that there was no one else there when really strange things would happen.  I found myself wishing that I had a smart phone with Twitter so I could post snide comments when I passed stuff on the highway.  And if I had, they would have included:

- In California: "State Prison, do not pick up hitchhikers" followed immediately by "Rest Area"

- In New Mexico: "Mexico, next exit"

- The Cows & Wows Farm Museum

- In Arizona: "Live Cactus, Clean Restrooms"

- Giant billboard: "The Real Solution: JESUS"

- "Inmates work crew next 5 miles"

- In Texas: "Rattlesnake Stuff, next exit"

- My personal fav: "Mexico Imports, Dealers Needed"

- Having to pass a tractor on a 2-lane highway

- A car in Alabama with about 10 US Army stickers and a license plate that said "follow me to Hooters"

- A semi truck in Alabama with a Bible verse printed on the side

- In South Carolina: "Peaches & Cream / Pressed Peaches / Peach Butter"

Also, I got really excited when I passed a car with UNC stickers, until I remembered that I was in North Carolina, not California, and it's...you know... fairly common to see Carolina stuff here.

I put pictures from the trip up on Picasa and also added to my signs album.  It's all at picasaweb.google.com/andreasorce.  I'm now stuck with the task of unpacking my car and then packing for Honduras.  I fly to Detroit on Saturday and officially ship out next Thursday.  It is sneaking up!