If you live here in Manitoba or have driven through our fair province on your own road trip, I’m sure you’ve heard the chestnut about Manitoba having two seasons – winter and road construction.

Anyway, with all that road construction, we Manitobans have spent more than our share of time waiting behind line painters and construction equipment eager to get past it all and hit the open road, not only free of road construction, but, so much more.

On the road, you can stop when you want or just keep driving. You can also eat what you want because for some reason the fries don’t have calories and the milkshakes can never be too thick. No room at this Super 8? Just grab a snack at the gas station and keep on going until the next one. Better yet, have a nap in the back seat at the next rest stop. Who knows who you’ll meet and what you’ll see? It’s all part of the adventure. And, if your journey starts in Manitoba, you have the option of going East, West, North or South with the promise of a fairly extended road trip ahead of you before you actually get somewhere…

That sounds like something I would love to read! Please post a link if you find one. I had lots more in the post that I ended up taking out as it was getting too long. I might put one paragraph back in, however, about just the freedom you experience when out on the road. I think you’re right about road trips changing people. Plus, I think there’s almost an inner tug to take to the road when somewhere inside you know it’s time for a change…

I just wrote an article for the Halifax Chronicle Herald about my childhood road trips. It addresses the changing on a road trip question, but doesn’t seem to be online.