Today as I work on final preparations for my 2nd epic road trip I pulled together my Road Trip 2017 play list. This meant a day of downloading songs I purchased or owned already into my media player to create the ultimate mixed CD playlist.
On past journeys I've done similar things so I would have all my favorite songs right at my fingertips and avoiding taking my massive CD collection with me. (Yes I still do CD's and love them!) I've driven through Yosemite to the tunes of a unique guitarist. I've flown down the freeway to California motivated by Rascal Flats' Life is a Highway. I've climbed the freeways to Northern Arizona to the strains of Sheryl Crow and weaved my way through a vineyard listening to Under the Tuscan Sun.
The emotion I felt as we emerged from the red rocks into Page still sings through me as I listen to Lenka's The Bright Side and Celtic Women sing with me as I relive driving down the roads of Ireland. All have tied those lovely songs to wonderful memories of the trips I've taken.
There are so many memories tied to the music I listen to, so many trips that stay with me through that music. As I prepared my CD playlist for the next journey, I organized the songs, figured which I indeed wanted to take with me on this trip and then spent the next couple hours burning those CD's. Now as I've just completed the task and have the small stack next to me waiting until I tuck them into my travel CD case. I look forward to the memories I will get to make with that music. I just hope my rental car has a CD player.
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