One of our "long drives" of 6.5 hours was from Luray, VA to Hartford TN. One of our favorite car games to pass the time is "Score!" The basic rule of Score is to yell the word "score" as soon as you see a yellow-colored vehicle. The first person to say score gets a point. Now we have modified this game to include the classic "Punch Buggy" where you yell "punch buggy" when you see a VW Beetle. These count two points, but you have to say the color and follow with the phrase "no punch backs" to earn the points. We then added the "Cool Car" rule, which was designed to keep an eye out for a car that was "cool" according to the majority of the people playing in the car. A "cool car" was worth 5 points and generally counted for luxury cars like Ferrari's or Maserati's and such. If we came across a really cool antique car (70's or older) you could score 10 points. A 1969 yellow VW Beetle is a gold mine as it would count 10 for cool car, 2 for punch buggy and 1 for score...13 points for 1 car. But wait...there is one more rule. To keep a player who was hopelessly behind in points a chance to come back we instituted the "Ticket" rule. If you see a police car and yell "ticket" first, all other players lose 2 points. If the police car has its lights flashing, then all other players lose half their points! Well, it was on this long drive day, while playing Score, that CJ calls out "cool car" as we pass none other than the General Lee from the 1970s show the Dukes of Hazzard. When I realize what we just passed, I had to turn around to go back and see if this was the real deal. Imagine a car pulling a trailer coming to a screeching halt and pulling u-turn across the divider on the highway. We return to a roadside store called "Cooter's Garage" which is owned by the actor who played Cooter on the show and he has a whole museum dedicated to the Dukes of Hazard. The General Lee is one of the many versions of the iconic car used on the set of the TV show. There is also the Cooter's tow truck, Daisy's Jeep, Roscoe P. Coltrane's police car and the convertible Cadillac driven by Boss Hogg. As I ask the young woman in the store about the artifacts, she confesses she was too young to ever see the show and didn't know much about it. I realized that this roadside find was equally unexciting to my kids as they too had never heard of this show. CJ, however, is into cars right now, so he appreciated the vehicles for their design and engineering. What did not come up was a discussion of the Confederate Flag painted on the car and emblazened on T-Shirts, key chains, and other souvenirs. I can assume that this was more a tribute to the nostalgia of the TV show, and not to honor the history of slavery and racism that existed in Confederate States that the flag represents, but you never know what is in the hearts of people. Many southern states have removed this flag from flying in public areas as it is a painful reminder to victims of racism. While we did not call attention to the meaning of this flag, we have talked to our kids about racism, and I remember some particularly profound questions from my daughter when discussing the issue on Martin Luther King Jr Day. Perhaps we will reflect back to the painted flag atop the General Lee when we visit the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis in a couple of days. I read that Bubba Watson Jr, the golfer, owns the original General Lee as part of his automobile collection, but has repainted the confederate flag on the car with the stars and stripes of the American Flag. I believe it is important to continue to fight for social justice and invoke the "strength to love" to end racism, but for me, this roadside stop was a nostalgic trip down memory lane of my pre-teen years in front of the TV watching car chases, stunts and the Bo and Luke jumping into the window of the red 1969 Dodge Charger.