Since Henry Ford produced the opportunity for everyone to travel with the Model T Americans have associated freedom with driving. My honey comes fro a small town where the vehicle is a status symbol. In the early evening a common habit was cruising’ through town to be seen and to see who was out. They would stop in the parking lot at one end of town and gals might hop from car to car to gossip. The guys would say hello and talk about being the best defined by speed, horsepower and class.
Every graduating class of seniors gathered at that same parking lot on the last day of school and cruise to the high school at the other end of town. The community supports the rite of passage, a police escort leads the way, horns honk, flags fly. People line up along the way to cheer for them; a small-town send off into the world. Even my honey’s hometown has changed. We’ve cruised through town a couple of times, but only to run errands. Cruisin’ exists in memory. The price of gasoline makes people conserve. The latest fad is fitness and now we meet people on the exercise paths and trails. We still talk about speed and power, but it relates to marathon training and muscles.
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1 comment:
Your blog has such a homely feel to it :)
Keep it up!
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