Two Lane Gems Vol. 1: Turkeys are Jerks and Other Observations from an American Road Trip

Two Lane Gems Vol. 1: Turkeys are jerks and other observations from an American Road Trip is a road trip romp from the Chicago area to San Diego and back. Theresa Goodrich grabs her laptop her camera and her journal and makes (asks she means asks) her husband Jim to drive 6479.5 miles through thirteen states so she can fulfill a childhood dream.Starting at the most important archaeological site in North America their journey takes them through sand dunes forests plains and mountains. They stayed in haunted hotels a rustic cabin charming bed and breakfasts and the oldest motel in Arizona. They camped in canyons and deserts and were visited by deer and surrounded by turkeys (jerks). They met a World War II vet learned how to grow a date and had a beer in the lowest bar in the Western hemisphere with a bartender named Scheherazade.They also: made a wish at the Center of the Worldtoured an abandoned mountain lion zoorode a vintage train with a singing engineerate schneckstouched goblinsdid not get blown up by unexploded ordnancedid not kill each otherTwo Lane Gems Vol. 1 is an uplifting inspirational and often humorous love letter to America. From cliff dwellings to buried cars to more hoodoos than you can shake a switchback at this tale follows their round-about journey to find the countrys treasures.