When will our eyes meet…When can I touch you?
(lyrics from Barry Manilow’s Weekend in New England. Get it?)
10:50am - leave home
10:54am - fill up gas tank. 10.2 gallons at $2.85 a gallon is $29.17
10:57am - stop at WaWa for $4.40 worth of coffee and snacks
11:05am - hit the road
2:00pm - stop at the Connecticut Welcome Station for liquid intake and outflow
4:42pm - STILL IN CONNECTICUT…there were 8 mile long bumper to bumper delays all through the state. Am despondent. Stop at another rest center for outflow and leg-stretching
7:04pm - arrive at hotel EIGHT hours later, for a trip that Google said would take about 5.5 hours.
Oh well. The hotel is nice, and the bed is comfy, so I don’t care.
Travel observations:
- North Jersey smells bad. If you think Jersey is stinky and ugly, I implore you to take a trip to South Jersey. We have trees and parks and beaches that don’t smell like feet.
- Seven years later, the NYC skyline is still unfamiliar to me since the WTC isn’t there. Eff you, bin Laden and eff Bush for losing sight of that goal.
- I hate driving over bridges. I realized that as I was stuck in bumper to bumper traffic on the George Washington Bridge. I did wave a quick hello to Dr. Dave and Ani while I was praying the bridge wouldn’t collapse from under me.
- The autumn foliage was gorgeous, which is what kept me from cutting myself while I was idling in Connecticut. I’m talking “scene on a 1000 piece puzzle” pretty - especially when I was stopped over rivers.
- Every state has a welcome sign. Massachusetts’ sign had a turkey on it.
- The logo for the Massachusetts Turnpike is a pilgrim hat.
- I saw at least 2 signs in Massachusetts welcoming home the troops. Classy!
In retrospect, I should have gone to the BlogHer in Washington DC since it’s much closer. But I get to add Connecticut and Massachusetts to my paltry list of states I’ve visited.
Tomorrow’s the conference Please somebody please talk to me tomorrow. and Sunday is the ride home. Which I’m SURE will be shorter. I’m off Monday to recuperate.
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LIVE! from California!
Heehee…I kept a secret! You all know I’ve been playing various online games for a while. Simply put, on Friday morning, I flew out to southern California where I just met in person, for the first time, a bunch of folks I’ve been playing with for years!
So I’m lounging by the pool, the hot tub, eating lots of food, and am doing a wee bit of sightseeing. Later tonight, a few of us will go to the Orange County fair which is mere blocks away. Might swing by the beach this afternoon as well.
Pictures forthcoming. Must go laze about now. 
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