Friends and The Freeway: Road Trippin’ With the Crew in College

They say that the friends you have in grade school will never stick with you through college. I beg to differ. When I first entered college three years ago, I was sure that my girls and I would stay friends. Unsurprisingly, three years later, I find myself looking at my side and seeing they are still here with me. Through the intense classes, jobs, and boys, they are still by my side, supporting me.

And what’s an awesome way of celebrating such a great friendship? A road trip. I urge everyone at least once in their lifetime, to travel by car wherever you choose, with your closest girls or boys, or both. This was one of the best experiences I had in college during summer break. Travel cross-country, north to south or east to west. For us, it was a circle from Florida to Georgia to South Carolina and North Carolina to Tennessee, back to Georgia and back home to Florida.

Best part of road trips? Being adventurous and not knowing what’s going to happen next. We stayed at a series of cheap hotels, sometimes waiting until 10 in the night to figure out where we would sleep next. Some amazingly affordable and quite clean hotels were the Ramada, Red Roof Inn, and Travelodge. Hint: try and find the hotels with free breakfast so you don’t have to go out and buy every day. Find exciting things to do like explore caves, hike mountains and go to theme parks.

Even though we did all these unforgettable things, the most memorable parts were the times we stayed in at night, ordered pizza, had cocktails and laughed until we couldn’t breathe. Find THOSE friends that you can do that with, and you’ll be set for your whole college life.

An Article by Rachel Harrypersad