The Great American Highway

When we first got on the highway back in the States my first thought was "YUCK!" It is just so ugly compared to what we experienced in Scotland. There are wires everywhere. There are huge billboard signs every 100 feet or so. IT IS SO FLAT! Tall grass and weeds growing along the side. Huge warehouse sized shops.



We just got back from taking a small trip to Michigan to see some of my family. My parents, Stevie, Josh, and myself. As ugly as it is in our part of the country, I do appreciate the American highway system. It makes it so much easier to get around in this vast country. The roads are wide. Not like on Mull where an A class road was hardly wide enough to fit a bus (let alone a passing vehicle!). ;) It is easy to make a stop. There are nice rest stops where one can simply pull off the road to stretch one's legs and have a picnic on the picnic tables or even barbecue on the grills provided. The rest stops are heavily shaded and provide a nice respite from the busy, smoggy, hot roads. The road system is fairly easy to navigate (MUCH easier than Ireland!!) allowing you to go great distances in a decent amount of time.

I do miss the scenery on the Scottish roads: hills, sheep, landscaped roundabouts, billboard-free, ruins. But in a country as large as this, we like efficiency.