Anyone who has ever been behind the wheel of a car knows that in a split second we can lose control of the vehicle. One minute you’re confidently cruising along, but hit a patch of ice or oil, and suddenly you’re in a tailspin. Round and round we go . . . Highway driving is pretty predictable. The route is fairly well-marked, fairly well-lit, especially in the congested areas, and as long as you follow the signs you can pretty much stay on course and get where you're going with little difficulty. Driving on back roads and country lanes is a totally different experience, isn’t it? Half the time the signs are knocked down or hidden by brush, and it’s easy to miss a sign and the next thing you know you are seriously lost. Back road driving also requires a bit more skill, especially out here in Texas where we have a lot of country "farm to market" roads. Often narrow and twisting, these back roads are filled with chuckholes that seem to lay in wait and rise up ...
"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard