January 25, 2025: The Winding Road

What’s one road you dread to drive? Maybe it’s a five-lane monster leading into a city, or one of those nerve-wracking pretzel roundabouts. Mine is Highway 5, a skinny, curvy 2-lane road. I drove it today, a 26-mile country adventure of turns and trucks and tractors.

It’s part of a 3 1/2 hr drive to visit N.C. family. Sometimes I get stuck behind an 18-wheeler crawling way under the speed limit. Other times speeding cars trail so close, they’re practically in my backseat. And at night, or in bad weather, it’s white knuckle territory. Pitch black and deserted. Also, deer.

But challenges often open doors to the good stuff. Highway 5 leads me back to my childhood roots, and that drive, no matter how long and winding, is always worth it to see the people I love. Cue the Beatles song… you know the one.