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Destination: Unknown
students spend their spring break on the road
By Lyndsey Sage
THE BATTALION
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Missouri in Rolla while we are there because they
have a St. Patrick’s Day party the whole week. I’ln
also taking my friends to see the arch and shop
ping downtown.”
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few days by making a stop in Dallas for a concert,
but they plan to drive back to College Station in
one day.
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into a car on Friday afternoon for a weekend road
trip is not out of the ordinary for many college stu
dents. Sarah Trevino, a junior Spanish major,*.said
she takes road trips to neighboring towns, such as
Houston, Austin, Galveston and Dallas, two or
three times a semester.
When planning for a road trip, Trevino said she
looks up cities she will be passing through to find
interesting sights along the way.
“I look up the towns you go through that you
never really know much about in this Texas state
highways book 1 have,” Trevino said. “It tells you
interesting stuff about each place. I’ve seen things
like the world’s largest pecan. We usually stop at
the courthouses and historic districts, too.”
Trevino said road trips add excitement to the
monotony of weekends.
“It’s a cool way to spend time with friends and
not just stay (in College Station] and do the usual.
Going during finals is always a good time,”
Trevino said.
Most students agree that the highlight of road
trips is the memories made with friends. Lisa
Ramirez, a sophomore biomedical science major,
said she took a road trip to visit a friend in Myrtle
Beach. S.C.
“I went to Memphis to pick up a friend, then
we drove through the night to Myrtle Beach,”
Ramirez said. “The purpose of the trip was to visit
a friend from high school whose parents had
moved there after graduation.”
About 2 a.m., as Ramirez and her friend were
singing along to th.e tunes of Weezer, they had an
interesting encounter with a state trooper.
“In Alabama, we were going through a section
where I noticed a lot of state troopers. I saw a cop
pull up next to us and look at us. We weren’t
speeding or doing anything wrong so it really sur
prised me when he turned his lights on and pulled
us over,” Ramirez said. “He said we were hugging
the line and thought we may have been drinking
but when he realized we weren’t, he let us go.”
Ramirez and her friend keep themselves
entertained for the 16 hour drive by listening to
music and playing 20 questions to pass the time.
"We choose to drive because it was not only
the cheapest way to go, but it was also the most
fun,” Ramirez said. “I would definitely go on
another road trip.”
For others, road trips are more than just having
a good time — they are about accomplishing a
goal. Lome Liechty, a freshman electrical engi
neering major, said he took a 6,300 mile road trip
this summer on his motorcycle.
“We started in Minnesota and went to
Winnipeg. We went left across Canada and took
the Trans-Alaskan Highway into Scagway,”
Liechty said. “We spent three days there, then
turned around. We went through Jasper, through
the Rockies, through Colorado, into Amarillo,
then into Dallas.”
The adventure took Liechty, who was with his
father, 12 days. On the last day they drove 22
hours straight to get home.
“We averaged about 750 miles a day,” Liechty
said. “When we got into Canada, where the days
are longer, we would ride for 15 to 16 hours a day.
You don’t want to ride after dark though, espe
cially in Canada because there are moose and cari
bou on the road.”
The trip for Liechty and his father had been in
the planning process since he was eight, the year
he received his first motorcycle.
“It wasn't really a look at the scenery kind of
thing; it was basically just get it done,” Liechty
said. "1 like to see how far I can go in short
amounts of time.”
Charlotte Stephonson, a representative from
Aggieland Travel, said students should plan ahead
by knowing how long they want to stay at each
place and arrange hotel accommodations, especial
ly at popular destinations such as Colorado, South
Padre Island and Florida. Stephonson said students
should divide driving time if they plan to drive for
an extended length of time and take advantage of
local events.
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drivers are
wearing this
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fingerprinted. You get photographed. You go to jail. And that's if you're
lucky enough not to have killed someone first.
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