ST. LOUIS TO NASHVILLE… OR WAS IT?
It would be fair to say that, coming from New York City, I’m lacking in experience behind the wheel. It might be fairer to say that, having been a serial expat, I’ve actually taken more road trips at legal driving age in Mexico—and one very dicey jaunt in Saudi Arabia— than I have in the United States. In fact, before this ride, the only time I ever rented a car was in 2016, to see the Salton Sea and Slab City in California; this was after having not driven (save for a few bumper cars) for about 13 years. How could anyone follow up such a memorable drive through Slab City, aka the last free place in America? With barbecue, and the country’s most underrated state for architecture, of course.
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