My First College Road Trip Home: Too Tired to Drive, Too Eager to Wait

Podcast: In The Know with Tony Reeves · Anthony Reeves

Opublikowano: 2026-10-21

December 1987. Finals were over, Christmas break was here, and my friend John and I couldn’t wait to leave Tampa and head home to Arkansas. There was just one problem: we were both exhausted. But at 18, we convinced ourselves that swapping drivers and catching a little sleep along the way would be enough. We also left in shorts and T-shirts—as if that Florida warmth would follow us all the way home. Then came a stop at my dad’s place in Mississippi. We wanted rest. He wanted help getting a Christmas tree. I...