每年夏天,母亲都会装好旅行车,将我们从炎热的华盛顿特区送到她闷热的路易斯安那州的家乡。通常她是这个湿热漫长行程的唯一队长。而父亲则会乘飞机稍后与我们会合。我们的目的地是母亲童年之夏的家乡格兰德岛,位于墨西哥湾的一座小岛。在路上,我们通过看到的六十年代的路标而积分,比如油漆在一个谷仓边上的“耶稣拯救”(5分),或者是一 Every summer, my mother gets a station wagon and sends us from the hot Washington, DC, to her sultry, Louisiana home. She is usually the only captain of this long, hot, long trip. My father will meet us later by plane. Our destination is the homeland of Motherhood Island, Grand Island, an island in the Gulf of Mexico. On the road, we integrate by seeing the signs of the sixties, such as “Jesus Save” (5 points) painted on the edge of a barn or a