me: I get on the bus from salt lake city to las vegas.
friendly guy behind me - "where're you goin'?"
me - "vegas. how 'bout you?"
guy - "gallup."
m - "that's a long way. what takes you there?"
g - "my son was murdered."
m - "OH! that's terrible! what happened?"
g - "FBI doesn't know. bodies are still in the morgue in Albuquerque."
Everything that happens in Gallup has something to do with Route 66. If not the song, then the highway.
ReplyDeleteThat said, anyone who started a conversation like that wanted to talk about it. Wow.