> > 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?

Regular. Code Red tastes more like fruit punch than Mountain Dew. I wouldn't count on it to keep me awake.


> > 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.

All the cities pretty much looked the same. Of course I did have Leen tell Ellmyruh that there is a Lodi, Ohio, which I thought was pretty cool.


> > 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.

Yes, I was most unhappy about the change. The BK Big Fish was the only reason I ever went to Burger King. I suppose I may not go much anymore.


> > 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!)

Ewwwwwwwwww. Those are just plain nasty! hehe.


> [TOLL BOOTH CRAP DELETED]

Toll Booth crap???? Are you diminishing my toll booth experiences???? How dare you!!!!


> > 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.

Yes, that's the route I took. State Route 9 to be exact. I won't be going home that way though. Last time I came here I went through the Mass Pike and other HIGHWAYS like that. I think I'll stick to those this time.

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