Welcome to Friday Fictioneers where each week close to 100 people participate in a flash fiction challenge based on a photo prompt.
This week’s photo ~ Copyright: Jennifer Pendergast
And now my 100 word story:
I awoke to the dreaded words: “Road Trip!” I put the pillow over my head. “Come on sleepy heads” my dad’s voice echoed. I heard my sister giggle and knew the tickle monster was near. I sat up in bed, wearing the grumpy look I had mastered in my twelve short years. “Why can’t we go to the beach or an amusement park?” I whined.
“Those places are too expensive and not as much fun as a road trip, where we never know what wondrous sights await us. “It’s all about the journey”, young lady.
The man was a cliché.
The Day After 
that’s when you want a trained attack bee so you can sleep in
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Lol
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I love road trips and we’re leaving for one soon. But if they’re going by bee, it will be a lot more fun (or at least different) from the usual trip. 🙂
janet
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You never know. Have fun and stay safe.
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Ah, Dads are such a pain when you’re a teenager, aren’t they?
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Indeed! 😉
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Speaking of cliches–Dad could follow up with the old “you don’t take the trip, the trip takes you”–that should be a seller.”
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lol
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That’s a wondrous sight all right! Going to be an interesting road trip….
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They always are 😉
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Oh I could identify with that ‘twelve year old grumpy look’. Nice one. 🙂
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I’ve seen it and I have given it 😉
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sweet story ^^ i was like that once! 🙂 hated road trips. funny how people change when they get older. still, i’m glad i got spared from the tickle monster
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Lol..yeah me too.
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Road trip could often mean “boring day” or ‘fantastic find”. Parents ides sometimes translate into great fun, so you had to take the chance.
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Yup, but grumpy 12 year old girls do not always see it that way.
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Hi Dawn,
Great job of capturing the adolescent attitude. I have a feeling you’ve been on a few family road trips! Ron
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This giant bee is just the type of thing you would see on a family road trip.
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I’ve road tripped to the giant Canada goose in Wawa, Ontario. I can certainly see this family arriving at a giant bee! Good times.
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Lol…haven’t heard of that one but we’ve stopped at a giant roller skate, an literal iron man “exhibit”, Stonehenge made of styrofoam, just to name a few.
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Oh it’s gonna be a doozy of a road trip!! Nothing like a giant bee to wipe that grumpy look off a person’s face!
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Lol..that always works for me 😉
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Nice story, Dawn. One most of us can relate to. You did a great job conveying the 12 yr. old’s attitude.
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Thnaks, shje had more in the original which was closer to 200 words.
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Some of my fondest memories were of road trips. Back in the days when a rolled down window was actually rolled down, and the wind that caught your hair actually had some material to work with. I really enjoyed this one Dawn =)
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Thanks Troy.
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We called them adventure drives. It’s true though, you never know what kind of wondrous sight await. I’ve said it before, anyone who says the joy is in the journey never drove across Kansas. HA!
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Haha, I will remember that. Thanks for stopping by.
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Ah yes, the infamous road trips. Shudder. 😉
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Aaahhh now you know they were the best days of your life.
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Dear Dawn,
Nothing my dad loved more than road trips. He made it fun, though. I’ll echo everyone else. Good job on that twelve year old’s tude.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks. Mom fried chicken too but she got cut in the first draft. 😉
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To write is to edit.
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Well this challenge is an exercise in that every week, that’s for sure.
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Liked your story.
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I am glad. Thanks for taking the time to tell me 🙂
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Dear Dawn,
A cliche perhaps, but you made him real and I found myself wanting to tag along. Well done.
Aloha,
Doug
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What a wonderful comment! Thank you Doug.
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Good one Dawn. Interesting concept the road trip, can’t say they were ever part of my childhood maybe because in Australia every trip was a road trip as its a long way to anywhere.
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Love how our worlds are so dissimilar.
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Reminds me of our first family car: an Austin Big 7! I got into trouble when my knees got in the way of the gear stick as Dad was changing gear – the momentum was lost and he couldn’t get the car up the hill. Out came the crank again …
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Oh wow, that’s a treasure of a memory! lol
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🙂
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If he had to fill up his tank today, he’d go for one of the other options!
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Nah, gas is still cheaper than Kings Dominion!
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Loved the grumpy 12 year old, sounds an interesting journey and I imagine there were lots of them.
🙂
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Indeed!
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