Road Trip: Day 2

[cptntiller]

The morning came to early on day 2, but my alarm roused me, and after a scrub-a-dub-dub in Jim and Alan's shower, I was dressed and on the road, exactly at 8 AM - which was the exact time I had hoped to depart at.

Thus began the longest day of driving in the trip. Between Albany and Chicago is 817 miles, about 13 hours of driving. So I slammed the radio in high gear, and set on my way, traveling 90, pretty much the entire route.

During the day I passed through Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana. Ohio. Oh, Ohio. Ohio is officially my least favorite state of all time. It is 5 hours of Nothing. There are rarely even trees. Even Cleveland was a disappointment. It was a 5 minute long city, the highlight of which was a building with whales. Maybe it's a better drive in the summer, I don't know. All I can say is that to drive through in January, it is made of suck. Indiana was a little more interesting. It had the Museum of RV's and Mobile Homes.

The list of things I saw that I cannot make up on this trip is unreal. A museum for RV's and motor homes? I mean. Really. Does that need a museum? Apparently.

I cannot describe the length of saturday. Driving that length of time is incredibly draining. A couple of LONG phone calls to the pooch and a few other people helped. But I finally made it.

Somewhere around 7:30 middle america time, I made it to killerjoe and tamingblue's casa. I was the guest of Joe, and it turned out I got to meet some other people I'd interacted with too, like Jason and his boyfriend Chris. I no more than arrived, and threw my bags on the floor, and we turned and drove to chinatown for real chinese food. It was delicious! I rather enjoyed my orange chicken, and I followed it with my first bubble tea. It was tasty, albeit a bit odd. I don't know how to respond to the bubbles. But fun.

We made it home, and after a short bout of video games, crashed for the night. Sleep was a welcome guest. Oh, sleep. Thank you for your wonderfulness.

Comments

[bardcat.livejournal.com]

Wow! That was a long Day 2! What would we do without cell phones on long road trips and I couldn't agree more with your critique of good ole Ohio.

[toddpage.livejournal.com]

In-deed!

I am grateful I had that technology, it made the longer drives a bit less torturous.

If I never drive through it again, I would consider myself victorious.

[mikiedoggie.livejournal.com]

I am so sad I missed ya, but it sounds like you had a great time with Joe, Jason and Chris.

[toddpage.livejournal.com]

Me too!

In reverse.

Next time I am in Chicago, I will make SURE it happens.

[fivecats.livejournal.com]

"Ohio. Oh, Ohio. Ohio is officially my least favorite state of all time. It is 5 hours of Nothing."

back in my slightly-younger-than-you youth, i made the trip from DC to Madison, Wisconsin, with some friends. four people with gear in a small car driving straight through.

my least favorite part? OHIO. i remember writing to friends that someone could drop a bomb on ohio and no one would notice, nor would we miss anything.

...

[toddpage.livejournal.com]

I'm glad it's not just me!

I was just kind've going crazy the entire time.

[dan4behr.livejournal.com]

I guess I'm strange - I'd be all over a museum of RV's and mobile homes.

Heck, I've never been to Indiana (unless you count Evansville), but one of the draws for me would be the Auburn/Cord/Duesenberg museum, in appropriately... Auburn.

[toddpage.livejournal.com]

Hehe.

We all have our things!

I'd be all over a museum of trucks.

[herbe.livejournal.com]

wow, no love for the Ohio.

as always mister Todd, everywhere is what you make of it.

had i still been there while you were there, i would have demanded lunch with ya, and to show you around a bit.
Summer is fantastic there, and there are some really cool spots to eat, see, hear, experience.
some rad people as well.


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