> For those who don't know, I'm on vacation
now and I came to New Hampshire to visit
Sam, Leen and Jaguar. Let's just say, I had
quite a trip here.

Aw, you never tell me anything.

> I worked a half-day at work, from 7 a.m. to 11
a.m. and took off from there (Southeast Ohio).

That sounds like such a good idea. I never
seem to be able to manage to work just a
half-day. Nope, I always do a full day and then
leave on my trips.

> 11:06 am - Take off from work. Mileage:
4417 miles.

Only 4417? New car? Man, you never tell me
ANYTHING!

> 12:49 pm - Stop for Gas and a 1-liter
Mountain Dew, and a bathroom break. 5.705
gallons of gas. Mileage: 4524 miles.

Regular or Code Red?

> 2:30 pm - Still in Ohio and already bored. So,
I called Leen. She told me about her vacuum
being broken. hehe. And I told her I was
currently going through Lodi, Ohio (which I
didn't know existed), and asked her to tell
Ellmyruh that. hehe.

I wish I could afford a cell phone.
How did you like Wooster? Ashtabula?
Remember Plainsville? That's where we
stayed last time we made that trip.

> 4:15 pm - Mom calls and yells at me for not
eating anything. I had eaten some chips with
my Mountain Dew, but this was not acceptable
to her.

I'm glad I don' t have a cell phone.

> 4:25 pm - Stop for food at BurgerKing. Got
gas, and had another bathroom break. 6.675
gallons of gas. Mileage: 4765

AH! I hate Burger King! (not really)

> 4:30 pm - The cheese incident. Ugh. I got a
BK fish sandwich and didn't open it until I was
on the road, because... well, I'm dumb. I had
cruise control on, was steering with my left
knee and holding the sandwich in my left
hand. With my right hand I unwrapped it and
discovered that they put cheese on the
sandwhich. Eww. So, I had to drive like that for
a while peeling the cheese off the sandwich.
After I got as much as possible off of it, I threw
the wrapper away. Then as I was eating, a
piece of cheese fell on the floor!! I spent the
next 5 minutes trying to get it, but I couldn't
reach. So I unfolded my sunglasses and
stabbed the cheese with the earpiece. I got it!
Whew.

I've wondered about that. BK only recently
changed their fish sandwich. It used to be
called a "Big Fish" and it was, er, bigger. And
had not cheese. Just lettuce and nasty tartar
sauce. Now it's called a "Fish Filet" and it
comes with cheese too. But they don't tell you
that, they just assume you know it. If you don't
want cheese on it, you have to ask for it that
way. Stupid. If I was in charge... well, if I was in
charge of Burger King, I wouldn't be working
there.

> 4:45 pm - Call mom and yell at her because
now that I've eaten I'm TIRED. Next time I'll
remember to snack only.

Slim Jims are great road trip food. (That's
FREE ADVICE, famous!)

>
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>

> 11:00 pm - Cross from NY into Vermont.
Think I'm so close at this point. Boy was I
wrong....

>...roads are very windy...
>
>...Stop for gas at some little wasteland-like
station in the middle of nowhere...
>
>...I call Sam because now I'm not so sure
this new road is right. It is, and he stays on the
phone with me until I am a-ok...
>
>...I call Sam and see if I'm still on the right
path. He assures me I am, and that it will
probably be another hour until I'm done...
>
>...I call Sam and tell him I'm in the driveway.
>

Now I'm curious. It sounds like you might have
followed the same route we took when we
went for the RU2 last year. Did you go through
Troy, NY, and Bennington, VT? The part about
the long, winding roads in Vermont sounds
very familiar.

Oh wait... maybe you did tell me about your
new car... I think I remember looking at some
pictures many moons ago...

Gri"going again in January"shny