The real lj idol, topic 3: Busman's Holiday

[lyssa027]

For the most part, I’m happy at my job. I love what I teach, my kiddos are pretty damn adorable, especially this year, my co-workers are all nice, and I get along really well with the special ed team. The admin leaves me alone, and I have the freedom to run my PALS [PreK special education] classroom how I want it to run, and for the first time

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[changeling72]

I find it amazing that your country is so big. Here, it would take maybe thirteen hours to drive from the south coast of England to the north coast of Scotland. I agree with you about people not seeing their own country. There is still so much to see in this little country that I haven't gotten to yet.

[lyssa027]

LOL it takes ten hours to drive out of Texas as it is :P if you're going from south to north or east to west ;) [Houston is pretty east, so we can get out of Houston towards Louisiana within like 2 hrs]

[changeling72]

I can't imagine living in a country that big. Everything must seem so very far away. I love my little island.

[lyssa027]

Everything is pretty far away in Texas, it's closer in other parts of the country, but yeah it's crazy how much of the US that I have and haven't seen

[d0gs]

I loved reading about this :D

[lyssa027]

Thank you :)

[brittdreams]

The stretch from San Antonio to El Paso on I-10 is one of the most boring stretches I've ever driven. Your road trips sound like fun!

[lyssa027]

Seriously, it was SO boring. The most boring stretch of them all was probably from New Mexico to i-10, it's some back highway that google always sends us on, and there's literally nothing but dust and oil fields for about five hours

[roina_arwen]

Hubby and I love road trips too! We live in KY but have driven to Maine, out west to Arizona, Utah, Yellowstone, etc. we drive to San Antonio and/or Houston (extended family in both cities) at least every other year. We also love the Dresden Files audiobooks, and I highly recommend Ready Player One (read by Wil Wheaton) - it’s hugely better than the movie!

[lyssa027]

I haven't read or seen Ready Player One yet though it is on my TBR list, maybe I'll just download the audiobook of it instead for a future road trip for when we finish Dresden Files ;) Hubby loves Wil Wheaton, and we're always looking for things to listen to so we don't kill each other LOL

I have yet to go to KY, it's one of the states I have left to visit

[roina_arwen]

If you do get to KY let me know, I love meeting new friends!

Ready Player One (the movie) is SO different from the book/audiobook. The movie was good, but the audio version was SO much better.

Hubby and I love audiobooks because there’s only so much to talk about on long trips. We’ve also been listening to the Outlander series, as we are both big fans of the show.

[lyssa027]

I was surprised Hubby enjoyed the Dresden Files audiobooks, TBH, especially since he's not really a reader. I dragged him to see Jim Butcher at Comicpalooza, a few years back, and he enjoyed the sessions, but I was so happy when he actually liked my favorite series of all time ;) I cannot wait for Peace Talks

And I will :) I love meeting people on our travels ;) and KY is def in the not so distant future

[banana_galaxy]

I love road trips. I work on a bus all day, and admittedly I haven't done many road trips since starting that job (just down to LA and San Diego from the Bay Area). And I fly a bunch. But I still enjoy driving for tourist stuff. My most recent epic trip was back in 2017 when I took my kids from California to visit family in Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, and Texas. I have an aunt in El Paso, so I've done most of that drive you mentioned. Only I stayed with a friend in Austin before driving to El Paso.

I haven't been to anywhere near as many national parks as you, but I have been through Yosemite and Yellowstone.

[lyssa027]

Yosemite and Yellowstone are beautiful :) But I really like some of the least visited national parks.

Most of our driving has been from Texas to the west coast and down the center of the US. I grew up in NJ, so I've been up and down the entire east coast before, but my husband has not. That's on our to be driven trips as well ;)