THE FLYER

THE DIGITAL INVITE

One of the most important factors in a roadtrip is assembling the proper coterie for the trip!  Nine+ hours in a car heading in one direction...You need the right peeps for the job!  You need people capable of inane roadtrip banter.  You need that one guy that reads all the billboads out loud!  You need that girl that keeps drinking water and then has to stop, only to then buy more water!  And you need people to share bags and bags of gas-station-purchased beef jerky!

Mostly, though, you need people that understand the dynamics of sharing a small space with other people on the road for many, many hours without freaking out and bailing from a car doing 85mph.  The idea was a tough sell not only from that standpoint alone, but the final destination was one that didn't appeal to everyone.  Maybe I was the one guy hanging out at Blockbuster back in the day when other people were busy going to parties.  Dunno.  But few folks in my peer set shared my sentimental attachment to Blockbuster Video, which is why I mostly positioned  the trip from a "It's all about the Journey - Not the Destinat