“yep..... in 1967 I bought a new baby blue VW wagon and drove from San Francisco back to DC”
That must have been a blast back in the day when the interstates were not completed and detours back onto the old highways were common.
My favorite memory of that time was the hundred or so smudge pots at night burning along the sides of the Interstate warning that the road ended and you had to exit.
Thinking about it now I realize someone had to refill and relight those pots every day out in the middle of nowhere.
“That must have been a blast back in the day when the interstates were not completed and detours back onto the old highways were common.”
Yup, roads trips were real adventures in those days. For many folks it was still the pre-air conditioning era. When the fam would make its annual summer trek to visit my moms family my sister and I would be rolled out of bed about 3:00am so to beat the heat. Didn’t help much though by noon we were baking our brains especially my sister and I along with the family dog slobbering all over us. Mom would pack a picnic lunch to eat along the way so to save a few bucks. Big event on these trips was spotting Burma Shave signs and looking for new ones. God Bless the interstates and automobile air conditioning!!!