**No pics until I get home and upload them all**
Total miles: 403
Route: 95 to 295 to 495 to...does every Interstate end with 95?!??
By the numbers:
1 - overly delicious cheese steak
2 - sore asses
859 - good looking women whizzing by us in traffic
We left early again and it was cold - 46 degrees cold. On goes the heated vest, balaclava, and the winter gloves. They all worked OK but I'm not looking forward to the ride tomorrow. Free coffee was downstairs so we downed some as we got ready to face the cold. We decided to skip breakfast for a hundred miles or so and just hit the road.
NC is pretty too - we're in a very lush part of the country. Some of the trees are just starting to change colors but it seems I'm a few weeks early. Next time I'll have to start a bit later in the fall...
The highway is different than anything I saw in the rest of the country. You can't see any of the businesses from the freeway and the signs are right at the off-ramp so you better act quickly if you decides you need to get off. The upside is that the freeway is uncluttered and pretty.
The cafe in Virginia we stumble upon was new compared with the old places in the area. Rumorz Cafe is a bar, a nightclub, and a cafe. The waitress offered up the daily specials but I stopped her short when she offered a breakfast buffet. I felt cheated visiting Vegas without engorging myself with a buffet but I wanted to make sure I made up for that mistake. I asked where the buffet was and she corrected me and said they just make me whatever I want. A broad smile crept across my face and I ordered one of everything. She laughed and went in the back. Yet minutes later I had a few plates of great breakfast food.
We hit the road again and start rolling through the states - Virginia, Maryland, Washington DC, Delaware, and finally Pennsylvania. Our asses weren't pleased with us by the end but we made it to Tim's aunts house with time to spare. The area is gorgeous - like each house could be it's own Kinkaid painting. It has a small town feel with kids playing outside, police officers that wave as you ride by, and friendly folks at the supermarket. A real change of pace from CA where you don't know your neighbors...
His Aunt had ordered us some Cheese Steaks and I was in heaven after the first bite. Nothing in CA tastes like this. Nothing. I'll be back from more (with Tasty Kakes) as dessert.
To account for the shipping gaffe, I've decided to skip upstate New York and go straight to Boston. A buddy that went to school there concurred. I'm looking forward to it! So, I'm off to bed to grab some much needed sleep. As it turns out, sitting on your ass for 10 hours a day is hard work...
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