The boyfriend and I went on a road trip this past weekend. I love road trips. You can learn a lot on them and you get to spend time in a new place. On the weekend we made the nine hour trek to Pennsylvania to visit a friend and her son. Road trips always go much smoother with planning. Luckily my boyfriend is a planner.

So what did I learn? I learned that getting an E-ZPass is awesome! You can get them at some of the service areas. No waiting at the toll booths. Loved that part. Didn’t love having to pay the toll to begin with. What’s up with that anyway? I’m used to driving in Canada where we don’t have to pay to drive on our roads. Unless you want to take our only toll road in Ontario. Which I never do. I shouldn’t have to pay to drive. I already pay too much to drive with the gas, the insurance, wear and tear on the car.

I learned that while they have Tim Hortons in New York the coffee there still doesn’t taste quite as good as the Tim Hortons coffee in Canada. There’s no place like home.

I learned that, at least in the town/city we stayed, there are no street lights! What’s up with that? Not even the main road had street lights. Luckily the moon was really bright so we could sort of see as we walked to the restaurant.

I learned that it’s a beautiful drive through Pennsylvania. The scenery was amazing. But I also learned that there is A LOT more road kill there. In a nine hour drive to Montreal last year I saw maybe two or three road kill animals. And they would have been small animals. On the drive from Pennsylvania back to Ontario I saw at least seven deer, a fox, what we think was a coyote plus various small animals. I really didn’t like that part.

I learned that if you can’t do anything else while you’re there you should do one of those Double Decker bus tours and you HAVE to see the Liberty Bell. We ate at City Tavern after our tour. The food was great. The servers dress in period costume. I bought the cookbook just because.

I also learned that my cat allergies are really bad when there are two cats in the house. We stayed with a friend who owns two adorable cats. The allergies weren’t too bad Friday night but by Sunday my head was pounding, I was stuffed up and I felt like I had a cold. Of course that is not going to stop a true cat lover! We are getting a cat on Sunday! I’m so excited but I must remember to stock up on allergy medications.

Now, I’m off to get something done. Of course because we were away I didn’t get much written but I’m still ahead for NaNoWriMo!

Until next time…

Cindy