Commentary: Call of the Open Road Just Ain't What It Used to Be

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I know what I miss most about the Gulf Coast (aside from a large body of navigable water): long, straight, flat roadways.

I experienced this epiphany a couple weeks ago while driving a 26- foot Penske moving truck from Colorado Springs to California. If I never see another road sign indicating 6 percent or 7 percent grade, or how far away the next runaway truck pull-off is, it will be too soon.

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Commentary: Call of the Open Road Just Ain't What It Used to Be

Don't get me wrong, there's still enough 7-year-old redneck boy in me to enjoy the idea of driving around in a big, diesel-powered behemoth of a vehicle, it's simply not as much fun when you're worried about getting up or racing uncontrollably down mountains.

I do have to give the folk...

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