I grew up in the suburbs of Philly for the first ten years of my life, but for a majority of that time my parents were stationed at Ft. Dix, New Jersey which was an hour drive each way. So some days I’d go in with my parents, so part of my youth was spent growing up on base. I haven’t been back in this area since 1997 or 98 when we made a brief stop on the way up to New England.

I forgot about this wonderful tackiness that New Jersey has. And what is great about it is that the state seems aware of it and almost wears it like a badge of honor. Driving through we passed by shinny tinsel X-Mas decorations that seemed more at home in the 1960s than they did in today’s time. It was wonderful. I would never want to live in the middle of such tack, but it’s good every once in a while to drive though such a place, admire it, and pay honor to those who live it 365 days a year.

Tags: car, juozas, mom, new jersey, pranas, road trip, tacky, tetis, x-mas

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