Friday, June 4th 2010
Depart Home at 7:12am Eastern time... then again at 7:15 am Eastern time. Why? because I left Neil's Tastykake's on the kitchen counter, even though I spent 10 minutes mentally checking to be sure I have everything.
About 3/4 of the way to Pittsburg I saw a swarm of Scirroccos. VW Scirroccos, that is. About 7 of them travelling together, one after the other. It was like a club or something. Must have been going to some show or something. They seemed happy enough. I just thought, what an odd car to collect.
It also boggles my mind the amount of crap the human brain is capable of holding. I had my i-pod plugged into my car and was listening. Now, unlike many people I know, I don't think I could name 1,000 songs if my life depended on it, so I only have 537 songs on my i-pod, and that's enough for me. So, that by itself is not mind boggling. The fact that I know every song on there, title and verse and with the harmony to go with it is staggering. Some of the songs on my i-pod are songs I listened to when I was a teenager. Suffice it to say that was a long time ago. Yet, play the introduction to the song and all the lyrics are just immediately available. I doubt even the best programmer could come up with an algorithm to accomplish that.
Overall, an uneventful ride... the best kind. A little bit of rain on the west side of Indiana but otherwise nothing. Car performed like a champ and gave me 25 miles per gallon despite the A/C being on almost the whole trip. Only needed gas once, about halfway through Ohio.
Arrived in Lockport at about 6:15 local time, having gotten an hour back somewhere in Indiana. Had dinner at George's, a little local restaurant in Lockport. I had a BLT club and fries and to my amazement, the clam chowder was home made, not from a can. Wait staff very attentive. Food delicious. Then back to Neil's and getting caught up with life.
Route This is the route I took as shown on Google Maps.
Tomorrow: an open day. Whatever sounds interesting will be on the agenda.
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Try to stay awake through the immensely boring drive through Ohio and Indiana. And no dalliances at the Rutherford B. Hayes museum (like last time).
ReplyDeleteYes. I have downloaded 50GB of heavy metal music for my i-Pod and I have a gallon and a half of coffee in the back seat. If I feel myself drifting or getting the urge to 'experience Rutherford B Hayes' I will tap into those resources. See you tomorrow!
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