Legendary
rural trail that leads from a large American
city to a popular
vacation destination, such as a
beach. Like the
migration routes of birds, knowledge of "the back roads" is
innate and passed down from one generation of fathers to the next. Despite following a serpentine, complicated path and encompassing some streets with a
speed limit of 25 miles an hour, "the back roads" are positively known to be much faster than the large, fast
highway which travels the same distance
as the crow flies. Yes, even
hitchhiking or walking along the back roads is preferable to taking "the easy way". Particularly if the easy way involves
tolls of any kind.
When asked to describe the exact path of the back roads, a dominant male will usually mumble something about "the boondocks" with a glimmer in his eye.