Tommy and Sarah had been best friends since kindergarten. Sarah lived across the street from Tommy and over the years their families had grown close and Sarah and Tommy had always been like brother and sister. It was mid-June and Tommy and Sarah had both just graduated high school. To celebrate the families planned a long road trip down to the beach as one...
Did you ever have the feeling you're making a huge mistake and yet you couldn't stop it? Those were my exact thoughts as I packed for our Christmas vacation to a remote ski lodge. My wife and I planned this trip with the hopes of reviving our shaky marriage. As the date neared, our relationship kept getting worse with the only good news being we'd stopped ar...
Chapter 1: Heading Out Throughout the years, there have been many stories, books, and movies with the theme of being stranded in the wilderness. Swiss Family Robinson (Disney-ized version of the theme), The Blue Lagoon (with a young Brooke Shields), Cast Away (with Tom Hanks and that annoying volleyball), and the reality type shows Survivor and Lost. It was...
It took three hours of circuitous driving through the North Carolina woods before my husband, Don, would admit that we were lost. He was trying to take a short cut described to him by his moron brother Craig. At that moment I hated Craig. I hated being lost even more. Don's solution to everything was to double back, turn-around, and ask no directions which i...
This story is part of a continuation of my Road Trip series (see the end of 'Road Trip -- California' for a list of the chapters of that series, in the order to be read). You need not read that series to enjoy this series. Although real places and celebrity names are used for realism, this story is fiction. Please 'read, enjoy, vote, and comment.' Synopsis...
I apologize for the shortness of this post. Spring break is less than 2 weeks away, and I plan to finish the story then. Of course to quote John Lennon from his song "Beautiful Boy", Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans, so we'll see. Thanks again for your support, and as always comments, criticism, and votes are appreciated. WH...
So far, the trip was going well. Sharon and her old college roommate, Shelby, had planned to travel from opposite coasts to meet in the middle for a week of fun and catching up with each other. Sharon started her trip this morning, the car all gassed and oiled, the luggage neatly stored, the cooler full of drinks and snacks, and the passenger seat a virtual...
The crowded room was hot, and filled with the scent of alcohol and smoke. Alice didn’t usually attend these kinds of parties, but made exception for this one. This was the last party of her senior year in high school, and she decided that one last blowout wouldn’t hurt. Alice quickly found herself caught up in the pounding rhythm of the music that flowed thr...
The idea for this one just came to me out of nowhere. It gave me the chance to combine a couple of my favorite activities with a couple of my favorite characters. Or you can take this as a tribute to both motorcycling and a very special lady. Whatever the reason, this was a very easy story to write. I hope you like it. Javahead ***** Cars are convenient...
The snow was getting deeper. I could barely see through the swirling clouds of crystals. My headlights were so attenuated by the blizzard that the road was invisible more often than not. For the tenth time in as many minutes I cursed myself for starting south so late. At best, I could only see about ten feet ahead. As a result I was only moving about twenty...