When people ask me if I want to go on a road trip with him, I immediately have flashbacks to the worst trip experience of my life.
- Back at the time when I went on this adventure, I truly considered it to be a fun and exciting thing to do.
My friends said my friend and I were going to pack up the car and see how far my friend and I could get across the country. Along the way, my friend and I would stop for snacks and camping. My buddy and I were not ever going to use a current hotel or to stop at a regular eating establishment. My buddy and I simply didn’t have the money for such amenities. Well, obviously my friend and I also didn’t have the money for any kind of indoor air quality control in the car. My buddy and I climbed into the car and went off on our expedition on a sizzling and humid Summer afternoon. The outdoor air temperature was excruciatingly high that afternoon so my friend and I were harshly cheerful to feel the air cold air passing through the vents in the car. The A/C had to be operated at full blast every time my friend and I got back in the car because the heat and mugginess were so overwhelming. Everything was going good for the first state or two… And then the central cooling system broke down inside of the vehicle. Suddenly, lukewarm air was passing through all of the vents. Then, boiling sizzling air felt like it was melting our faces off as it forced its way into the vehicle. My buddy and I stopped at a mechanic to see if they could service the AC, but quickly realized that my friend and I could not afford the air quality control unit service service. After that, the road trip quickly stopped seeming like a fun adventure and started feeling a lot more like surviving. When I feel back to that irritated trip 20 years ago, I refuse to ever take another road trip.