Sheri
07-13-2008, 11:12 AM
Hi. This board is so interesting. It feels good to know I'm not alone...I've felt like an outcast for so many years. I have been avoiding driving highways for about 20 yrs. I am an expert in city driver...busy traffic is my specialty. :D I discovered my fear when I took a long road trip by myself for the first time. I didn't even know I had this until I found myself totally out of my element...a 25 yr. old dance-clubbing city girl driving by herself, in the dark, in the middle of Wisconsin..nothing around my but trees. No cars in front or in back...only 2 radio stations,,country and bible, only my own headlights and nothing but truckers and scary men at the truck stops. Cell phones were just starting to come out, so I did't have one yet...just out of college and no money. I was so scared, and my mom wouldn't come and get me....she thought toughing it out would make me overcome and that only made it worse. Well, I finally made it to Mineapolis to visit her..took 12 hours from Chicago. Then I had to drive back after 3 days..took about 8 hours..during the day. I cannot believe I actually was able to do that. After that I said I will never do this again...no one came to my rescue then...how can I expect that now? Before that, I had made a few 4 hour highway trips with other people in the car, with no problem, in fact I like to drive...just not on highways. I feel like I don't understand them and how to drive on them. I don't understand why people have to be so rude on them too. Anyway, I want to get over this. My husband is retiring soon and he wants to take road trips and I want to feel that I can get myself out of any situation. There are a lot of places to go and the only way is th highway to get to them. Thanks for reading my post. Sheri