Friday, April 02, 2010

 

Welcome To The Hotel California


So I drove and drove and drove. I drove until I thought my ass would fall off. I was so incredibly grateful for this car that my parents had given me (I mean, dude, who just gives you a car?) but I was close to toast.

And I kept looking for signs to Santa Clara, because after all "It's big, there will be signs."

And I saw no signs.

But I kept heading for San Francisco, because dude, that is my dream city. I knew if I could get there it would be OK.

All of a sudden there was this bridge, and I realized it was the Golden Gate Bridge.

I was tired beyond tired and everything hurt. My shoulders were on fire, because the steering wheel on that car is a little too high for me.

But when I saw where the road led, when I saw that I was actually about to drive right over the freaking Golden Gate Bridge, although I was alone in the car, I laughed out loud with delight.

It was one of the highlights of my life.

tomorrow ... The Incident in San Jose

# posted by Rabbitch @ 11:15 PM
Comments:
I was amazed the first time I saw the GGB to discover that it is freakin' ORANGE! Who knew? Well, no one in the Midwest who told me, any way.

btw, I bought a skein of your bruise-colored yarn yesterday -- how could I resist the backstory?!
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : 11:02 AM
 
Driving over the Golden Gate is one of the very good things in life. I still get a thrill out of it, and I've done it tons of times. I'm glad you got to do that!!
# posted by Blogger Knitting Linguist : 12:30 PM
 
And I kept looking for signs to Santa Clara, because after all "It's big, there will be signs."

Oh ho! More foreshadowing! Santa Clara is really not that big.
# posted by Blogger Pickyknitter : 5:25 PM
 
Amazing how many bridges there are around here. When I moved back, had trouble getting over to Marin. The bridges didn't seem to be in the right order.

(My favorite bit of odd freeway? The bit through Berkeley - East 80 and West 580 going the same way! Which is north, as far as I'm concerned)
# posted by Anonymous Gwen : 9:40 AM
 
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