Life on the Road

My sister and her 2 adorable children are coming to visit me tomorrow, having driven all the way from Brunswick, Missouri. Brunswick, according to the post card they sent me before they left, is home to the World’s Largest Pecan, on Highway 24. It’s a 12′ long statue of the James Pecan Farms Starking Hardy Giant pecan.

Is it really the world’s largest pecan? Well, I don’t know– which one is really the world’s largest ball of string? What I do know is that, when it comes to foodstuffs, I value quality over size, and since this particular replica is made of concrete, I suspect it isn’t quite as tasty as the real thing.

More importantly, though, this post card is exactly why we travel, what we love about the life on the road. It’s about the roadside attractions, the balls of string, the Cowgirl Museum in Texas, the Halls of Fame and secluded lakes everywhere. But among all that, it’s about being able to send silly pictures back home that say, at once “wish you were here” and “isn’t this just weird?”

On the back of the post card, sis writes “We’re a tad nutty around here!”

You sure are, sis. You sure are.

Invitation to you:  What’s the silliest, craziest, wildest thing you’ve written on a post card, or received on a post card? Discuss in the comments, or drop me an email and I’ll post them up. (I’m not asking you to divulge your Post Secret…. unless you want to…. in which case, go ahead.)