THE SUMMER OF '89
1989. It was the summer of BATMAN, INDIANA JONES, and (if you are really nerdy) Weird Al's movie, UHF. It was the summer that Guns N' Roses, Milli Vanilli, Prince, and the B52's were played over and over again on my favorite radio station...GO106 FM out of Cumberland, Maryland. I had just finished my Sophomore year of high school, my mullet was in full growth, and I had a dresser drawer dedicated to my spandex shorts. The summer of '89 was also the year that my mom and dad drove my younger brother and I halfway across the country on a trip that I completely under-appreciated at the time...but now I would call nothing short of epic. This cool kid is a 15 year old me...standing on the Grassy Knoll in Dallas, Texas -- June 17, 1989 Mom and Dad were pretty brave...packing my brother and I into the back seat of our Ford LTD station wagon and driving hundreds and hundreds of miles in the summer heat. The plan was to drive from Bedford to Denver, Colora...