Highway

On some weekends, I worked with my father at his part time job. He worked at this plaza for its owner, and sometimes he required assistance, so I decided to willingly work with him at the plaza. When I was there, I would help my father clean and renovate the plaza. For instance, if he was demolishing or taking down something, I would usually pick up the rubble and take it to the odorous trash. If he needed to fix a water leak in one of the suites, I would help him find the source of the leak and…

Blue Highways were written by William Least Heat-Moon. It was first published in 1982. There are 10 or 11 chapters if you include the afterword chapter. The other book I chose was called Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck. It was first published in 1962. There are 3 chapters I believe in the book they are called part 1, part 2 and part 3. The book Blue Highways doesn’t have an intro or a prologue, but it has a foreword page and it talks about what you will be reading. The book Travels with…

One of the most visible law enforcement agencies that has drawn me to the homeland security realm is the Florida Highway Patrol. In the past I have attend several job fairs just to see what job opportunity are out there. Florida Patrol Officers were always on the scene looking clean cut, in shape and professional. Even their patrol cars that seemed to be always parked in the front of the different building were clean and had a nice shine. I guess I can relate to their mission by my…

I believe that the author of "The Best of America is on the Blue Highways" does prove the effectiveness of Route 66 to America. Route 66 has beautiful sights. It shows what driving is all about the things you see while driving. Most people are quick to judge in disregard of the delicacy's America has because they do not dig deep into the complex country. Route 66 has a special odd significance. From the vacancy of the road to beauty and wonders of all the little shops, each shop has a…

Justin Wagner Bob Dylan is revered as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, and his album “Highway 61 Revisited”, released in 1965, is no exception to his genius lyricism. Bob Dylan was born Robert Zimmerman in northern Minnesota, which seems far away from any music metropolis such as Chicago or New Orleans, but that did not stop him from becoming one of the most influential musicians of all time. Bob Dylan was influenced by the largely political lyrics and folk music of artists such as…

After World War II, America had a few struggles until the postwar boom. The postwar boom caused a great economic outbreak, there were new jobs, there was a new suburban life, more babies were being born, and highways and interstates were being built. Americans had money, consumers were spending money, new companies were being built, new jobs were created and new technology was born. During World War II Americans earned wages but they saved much of their earnings. Even Americans who were not…

A mid-life crisis happens in an adult’s life between the ages of 40-60, and the average adult begins to realize they are getting older. This can be recognized easily when a man around the age of 50 begins to sing the AC/DC song “Highway to Hell” and he begins to realize that his favorite song came out 35 years ago. This is also the time an adult begins to second-guess their decisions they have made in the past and also begin to wonder if they are still considered a productive member of society.…

presidents have done in the past. When Obama was quoting Teddy Roosevelt and how he broke up monopolies, or establishing our national park systems, or when he is talking about Dwight Eisenhower and how the government under his watch started the interstate highway system, he noted that during all of these big changes there was also resistance from the public but if we look back on the matter now we couldn’t live without some of these systems that were put in place. Obama has framed his words so…

Phoenix about a month ago. Merritt Jr., of Glendale, was arrested outside of a Walmart on Sept. 18 has been indicted by a grand jury and arraigned on 15 charges after his High Point 9mm semi-automatic handgun was forensically linked to four of the 11 highway shootings, and is currently being held on a $1 million bond while awaiting trial. No one was killed in any of the incidences, one 13 year-old girl suffered a cut on her ear in one of the incidences. Still, many Valley residents were…

I would have never thought that I was going to take the highway that day and I learned some valuable pointers alongside. I have always been fascinated by highways, as they would cause me to become languid and at peace. I would enjoy watching the extensive, country roads outside of the backseat window like a little girl. I expect a deer, for some reason, to hop out from the tremendous, towering trees that were greener than the grass it occupied. In addition, I enjoyed watching all of the other…