Driving On Blue Highways Analysis

The radios blasting, your thumbs are tapping the steering-wheel, and your speedometer needle is between 75 or 80 as you drive on the interstate. "Instead of enjoying the ride a person is trying to get from point A to point B as fast as possible," is an opinion stated by the author about interstates and for most cases its true. Interstates bypass all the towns, cities, and highways that people would not notice unless they drove on the highways instead of the interstate. Interstates are long, mostly straight, flat roads that lead from one place to another. On the interstate, semis loom over you like giant beast, cascading you and your entire car in a shadow as it rides by. Certain towns, shops, or cultures can only be found on blue highways, roads written in blue on a map, these highways can take you somewhere you have never been before. "Driving on blue highways pull you back in time. You look around, and it is America in
Blue highways have all the old shops and towns that people work and live in. Some shops sell only something made right in that little area and nowhere else. The author states that "You can find the best ever creamy frozen custard at a little shack sitting on a gravel lot outside of Tipton, and the best ever fried catfish in a wee town called Rosebud." this shows that only certain people make certain things that are found in their town or village. "Right before you get into West St. Louis County, you run into one of the most famous historic highways - Route 66." the author states that route 66 is a famous historic highway because Americans drove it in the 1920's up until it was removed from the highway system in 1985. The author also states that "Route 66 to me, represents America before we had the same stores at every