Wave away! It just might make and save someone’s day.
By Mel Hansen
I’ve been working for Daren and Tricia now for a titch over
3 years and in that time traversing the freeways and highways of the good ol U S
of A, I’ve had the blessing of seeing some spectacular views and meeting a wide
variety of people who have educated me in a lot of ways.
I have traveled through many states, each have their pros
and cons. I believe if you really want to experience this nation by driving, drive
the back roads! The freeways are for
quick and less mileage to get to your destination. The back roads let you see
the small towns and a more friendly type of person.
I used to believe that the western states were the “friendliest”.
In my observation these past three
years, the western states, even traveling the back roads, pale terribly in
comparison with the Midwest and Southern states in giving a friendly wave of
the hand to all they pass.
I believe the back roads of Nebraska and Kansas are the best states for getting a
friendly wave of the hand. Mississippi, Arkansas, Missouri, Alabama, Georgia
are good at a friendly hand wave as well. Maybe it’s because these small
farming/ranching communities rarely see new faces, but I’d like to believe that
they wave at everyone, even more so at the familiar faces!
I know that a hand wave from a new face helps improve my
attitude. Sometimes the vigorous way of
a person’s hand wave makes me laugh, but always puts a smile on me mug and
breaks up the monotony of a long day of driving. More importantly, it
encourages me be just as friendly and return the hand wave and smile, maybe
even making someone’s day a little bit better?
Let’s all do better in putting down our social media devices
(making the roads that much safer when driving) and get back to socializing
with a smile and friendly hand wave.
