Cross Country

Road trips are exciting – the initial idea, the planning, the preparation, the flurry of departure, and the thrill of exploration.   Cross Country by Robert Sullivan (2006.  ANF 917.30493 SUL) is a memoir of all his annual cross-country summer treks with his family from Oregon to New York. 

The subtitle actually describes the book as well as I can.  “Fifteen Years And Ninety Thousand Miles On The Roads And Interstates Of America With Lewis And Clark, A Lot Of Bad Motels, A Moving Van, Emily Post, Jack Kerouac, My Wife, My Mother-in-Law, Two Kids, And Enough Coffee To Kill An Elephant”  How’s that for a mouthful?

Some stories might strike a chord with you, like the stopping at a truckstop during a freezing rain storm did with me.  Combine these stories with a bit of history and local colour and the book is truly a pleasure and a delight.

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Taken with permission from Gloria Novak’s “Good Reads at the Library”