Roadtripping

In July 1982, my family moved from Milford, CT to Evergreen, CO. My father, mother, brother and our family Beagle, Benji, piled into a Ford Fairmont and drove cross-country. The car had no air-conditioning and all vinyl seats. We actually went via MI to see my uncle and down through South Dakota and Wyoming. We went to the Corn Palace, Wall Drug, Mt. Rushmore, the Badlands and even saw the giant green dinosaur with glowing red eyes.

Two years later we drove from Evergreen to CT for vacation, this time via Kansas and Washington DC. Minus the dog, but still in a car with no air conditioning and vinyl seats. I clearly remember going from Dairy Queen to Dairy Queen in Kansas, it was so hot. That trip we got chased by tornadoes on our way East. My brother had nightmares for years.