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On the Road Day 6 -7
Wherever you go, go with all of your heart ~ Confucius
On the Road Day 6 – 7
Day 6
Day six saw me driving from just outside of Cleveland to Albany, NY. Made a quick stop to see my dad at the nursing home, then dinner with my sister’s family.
All total this wrapped up the trip across the country California, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania and finally New York, and to go all Tennyson on you, my once and future home.
The drive was generally good, only saw one accident on day 7 and the truck was utterly engulfed in flames. One insane driver passing on the inside breakdown lane and only got flipped off once, so a pretty smooth trip.
I was fortunate to have really good weather pretty much the whole way.
Today I arrived on campus, got the keys to my apartment, started moving in but am doing one last night in a hotel. The view from my room of downtown Saranac Lake. So as of tomorrow, I’m no longer homeless and unemployed, but by Wednesday will have a home and be working again, not much of a vacation but really looking forward to the new gig.
Have a happy day my friends. ~ Rev Kane
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On the Road Day 5
The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines. ~ Charles Kuralt
On the Road Day 5
So it was an eventful day on the road. First, I went through Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and spending the night just west of Cleveland, OH. Four states, no scenery and about 520 miles today, so a little lighter than the last couple of days in terms of miles.
You pick hotels by stopping point, so tonight I decided to stop in Elyria, OH. It was the right amount of miles, a Hilton where I have all of my points and just off the highway. Of course, you never know what you’re getting and this is by far the most depressing Hampton Inn I’ve ever stayed in. The hotel is behind and abandoned mall, and surrounded by closed and abandoned hotels, lovely. Plus the wifi sucks, I can only get access in one corner of the room, on the other side of the room from the bed.
The highlight today happened on the Ohio Turnpike. As I was pulling up to the toll booth, the lady in front of me was having trouble with the payment machine. She opened her door and what I thought was a coffee cup spilled out onto the ground. She left it there and drove off, that was when I realized it was a purse. So I pulled up, paid and reached out and picked up the purse. Then, it was time for the great American Road Race! I chased them for about 20 miles when suddenly I saw them pulled up on the side of the road. I pulled over, about a thousands yards in front and started backing toward them. They had to be baffled by what I was doing, at least until I opened my window and hung the purse out for them to see.
The husband jumped out of the truck, they had pulled over because they just realized they’d lost the purse. They were so incredibly thankful, the husband actually hugged me and then insisted I take the reward pictured above. I tried to decline but he insisted that losing that purse would have been a major disaster, which kind of makes me wish I’d looked inside. Anyway, a good deed done and New York tomorrow!
Have a happy day my friends. ~ Rev Kane
On the Road Day 4
Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living. ~ Mary Ritter Beard
On the Road Day 4
Started at day break in Ogalala, NE ended at sunset in Iowa City, IA.
A long day of driving with a really fantastic break. A good friend lives in Lincoln, NE and him and his wife were driving west this morning to go see the grandkids last high school football game and celebrate their birthdays. So we did an algebra problem, if one car leaves from Lincoln at 10AM CDT, traveling west at 70mph and another car leaves Ogalala at 7:30 MDT traveling east at 70mph, where will they meet? The answer is Grand Isle, NE, or as the following picture shows, nowwhere.
We hadn’t seen each other in ten years and while it was a brief half hour in the middle of nowhere Nebraska, it was great to see him. We got really close in grad school in Kentucky, we had a really tight knit group of friends. Unfortunately in the last year one of our group, Paul, passed away unexpectedly, so it made meeting up that much more meaningful. He’s also a witness to the great cowboy midget event in East St. Louis, a story you only get in person, or if you know the secret webpage where it’s posted. Or, you can wait for my memoir to be published.
Back on the road and pushing for Iowa City, IA. I have to say, drivers in Iowa have been the worst so far, by a long shot. Even saw someone, while traffic was flowing above the speed limit, rip off and pass traffic on the inside breakdown lane at like 80 mph, absolutely nuts.
Pulled in and instead of gassing up and washing the windows, went straight for food and the room, I’ll gas up in the morning. There was a restaurant next to the hotel, they made a really good steak but god knows why this was in the lobby, the name of the restaurant was the street address. Just another Iowa mystery. Went for a walk after dinner around the property only to realize the hotel is next to a cemetery so imagining poltergeist movie scenarios. And oddly, saw an Amazon Prime van driving out of the cemetery at like 7:30PM at night, does Prime spread ashes now?
Anyway eastbound and down for Chicago then Cleveland tomorrow, only a measly 1100 miles to go.
After a few days on the road, the routine is finally set, packing the car is second nature each morning, everything is arranged for the drive, my music, my drinks, my snacks, napkins, tissues and emergency pee bottle all at the ready! Happily, there have been no emergencies, have a happy day my friends. ~ Rev Kane
