The crew bus rolls along a narrow deserted highway somewhere between Kentucky and Missouri. \u00a0The drive has become so boring that many of us have gone to our bunks because there’s nothing else to do.<\/p>\n
I have the lights out and am lying down with my eyes closed but not really trying to sleep. \u00a0After about 15 minutes I feel the bus start to slow, then make a sharp turn, then another, and finally we seem to have stopped (though the ride is so smooth, at low speeds it can actually be hard to tell). \u00a0I suspect that our quest to find Mexican food for dinner has come to an end. \u00a0 At the very least, I have learned that these sensations generally indicate we are stopping.<\/p>\n
I slide my bunk curtain partially open and stick my head out, just as Bart steps into the open doorway of the driver’s compartment and exclaims, “El Bracero!” \u00a0I flip my legs out of the bunk, and immediately Nick slides his curtain open across from me and asks, “Are we somewhere?” \u00a0I say, “Yes.” \u00a0And so we all gather in the front lounge, getting shoes on and tidying ourselves, and together head out to dinner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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