Fighting off boredom on the road
We just returned from a quick trip 4 hours west. While we found things to chat about, there were plenty of long, boring stretches of roads, and not much scenery besides fields. We are traveling with...
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I think a lot about farming, what I am seeing and how things are being done. I stop in many of the little towns I go through, take some pictures of what I see special locally.
But I try to stay off the Interstate highways through most of the middle of the country, but even that driving is not necessarily boring. With all the bad driving in heavy traffic on these highways, sometimes just staying out of trouble is exciting enough. I think a lot of the bad behavior might have to do with what other drivers are doing to distract themselves from the important task of heads up driving.
Thinking more about this, my wife and I talked, while she still lived. We talked about anything and everything, or nothing. She was good at this. She could also listen to my random thoughts, which is talking about nothing. Probably what kept us together 40+ years was never being bored with conversation. It could get us across 2000-3000 miles of empty ocean, you think farmlands and plains are boring scenery, try water.
Since she died, I still talk to her, though you might think I'm talking to myself. She doesn't answer, I can take that as listening quietly. When This moves todaydreaming, time for a rest stop, which can be interesting.
We got through some long sections with music. Since she's no longer here to change CD's, when I want music it means stopping every 45 minute to an hour so I can safely do that myself. Making those stops breaks up the boredom too.
But I try to stay off the Interstate highways through most of the middle of the country, but even that driving is not necessarily boring. With all the bad driving in heavy traffic on these highways, sometimes just staying out of trouble is exciting enough. I think a lot of the bad behavior might have to do with what other drivers are doing to distract themselves from the important task of heads up driving.
Thinking more about this, my wife and I talked, while she still lived. We talked about anything and everything, or nothing. She was good at this. She could also listen to my random thoughts, which is talking about nothing. Probably what kept us together 40+ years was never being bored with conversation. It could get us across 2000-3000 miles of empty ocean, you think farmlands and plains are boring scenery, try water.
Since she died, I still talk to her, though you might think I'm talking to myself. She doesn't answer, I can take that as listening quietly. When This moves todaydreaming, time for a rest stop, which can be interesting.
We got through some long sections with music. Since she's no longer here to change CD's, when I want music it means stopping every 45 minute to an hour so I can safely do that myself. Making those stops breaks up the boredom too.
