18. Middle School
My best friend A.'s family invited me to go up to the
KOA campground in Kingston, NY with them for a weekend in their motorhome. We drove up on a Friday night. I can't have been in the front passenger seat, but I had a clear view out the front windshield. At one point we were passing through a particularly heavily-wooded area with no street lights, oncoming traffic, buildings or other signs of habitation, and when I looked, all you could see was the vehicle's headlights disappearing into complete blackness.
(I'm sure this would be nothing special for the country bumpkins among you, and I'd been in cars and a motorhome driving at night in uninhabited places before that camping trip. But for some reason, that night in particular stands out in my memory.)
WTF