Friday, July 09, 2004
92.5 FM
Brookings, South Dakota
The opening sequence song, Bad Boy, to the movie, Three Men and a Baby, came onto the airwaves. The song reminded me how cheesy the movie truly is. Could it have been the number one movie of that particular year? Sure enough! In 1987, Three Men and a Baby was number one over stellar flicks: Fatal Attraction, Broadcast News, Lethal Weapon, Wall Street, Lost Boys, The Princess Bride and Good Morning, Vietnam. Unreal. To further the crazy cheese factor of the the movie, Leonard Nimoy directed it. Yes, Spock!
Shortly after my nerdy 1987 discovery, at Sioux Falls we turned off Highway 29 and westbound onto the Interstate 90. The oldies stations turned into the late 70's and 80's music and night began to fall. As the sky turned darker we realized that the fourth of July was about to take on an entirely fresh meaning for us. A phenomenal lightning storm began to take over the sky-screen and we oohed and ahhed over the display of webbed-white streaks. The show built up slowly and refrained from raining upon our Honda for over an hour. We realized that everywhere we looked, we were surrounded by the storm. The horse-shoe-shaped storm closed in on us and finally broke into extreme pounding rain. We had been in the eye of it for such a long time that it seemed like we were on a treadmill rather than moving forward into it. It was exhilarating and memorable. A thunderstorm to close off our driving day at a rest stop somewhere near Draper, SD.
Hours driven, July 4th: 11:30AM - 10:20PM (CST)
Brookings, South Dakota
The opening sequence song, Bad Boy, to the movie, Three Men and a Baby, came onto the airwaves. The song reminded me how cheesy the movie truly is. Could it have been the number one movie of that particular year? Sure enough! In 1987, Three Men and a Baby was number one over stellar flicks: Fatal Attraction, Broadcast News, Lethal Weapon, Wall Street, Lost Boys, The Princess Bride and Good Morning, Vietnam. Unreal. To further the crazy cheese factor of the the movie, Leonard Nimoy directed it. Yes, Spock!
Shortly after my nerdy 1987 discovery, at Sioux Falls we turned off Highway 29 and westbound onto the Interstate 90. The oldies stations turned into the late 70's and 80's music and night began to fall. As the sky turned darker we realized that the fourth of July was about to take on an entirely fresh meaning for us. A phenomenal lightning storm began to take over the sky-screen and we oohed and ahhed over the display of webbed-white streaks. The show built up slowly and refrained from raining upon our Honda for over an hour. We realized that everywhere we looked, we were surrounded by the storm. The horse-shoe-shaped storm closed in on us and finally broke into extreme pounding rain. We had been in the eye of it for such a long time that it seemed like we were on a treadmill rather than moving forward into it. It was exhilarating and memorable. A thunderstorm to close off our driving day at a rest stop somewhere near Draper, SD.
Hours driven, July 4th: 11:30AM - 10:20PM (CST)
