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empallinthe first part of this is going to be very disjointed. my memories are like a television commercial for a movies here. bits and pieces of the big picture. it was mostly just mile after mile of highway in the day and night. thankfully nothing really interesting happened. These are in the order of the way I remember them happening but that may be completely differant than the order they actually happened. This leg took about 36 hours, which is a lot longer than it should have. There was no sleep involved.
I was thinking I was going to go visit my sister in Chicago. However the closer I got to St Louis, the more it seemed like a bad idea. That was a planned stop that was suddenly canceled without notice. I could think of no place in that town where I could park my car long enough for me to sleep and have it be safe. So I changed the trip from three good legs to one one finished and one from hell. I regretted this decision for so many reasons. Someone should have known I would change almost every plan I had made for this.
I remeber stopping for gas. Going throught the routines. This may have actually happened on day two, because it was at a BP. It would make more since but I really believe it was day one. A nice clean gas staion. So I get it all done hope in and the Corolla did it's special thing(MP3). Sometimes it would die and not restart for a long time. Other times when being driven for a while, if you stopped it would not restart for a while. Always messed me up because I never knew what the problem was. So I sat there thinking this town is the middle of nowhere, I really do not want to live here. Please start again. It was about 15 minutes before it started and by then my ass was freaking out pretty bad. When it started I got out of there as fast as I could.
I remember shortly after dark pulling into a gas station to call
Kixxie and AEPB to tell then I was definately on my way. I walked around for a little bit. Got something to eat. When I triewd to make the call none of the payphone would work right. I remeber feeling very tired and out of place here.
I remember pulling into a rest stop . It was at the top of this big mountian. Cold, dark and foggy. I was really thinking about going to sleep but after trying for a while I decided I could not do it. So I got a cup of coffee out of the vending machines. The ones locked behind bars so you have to reach through the bars to get you purchased items . The Cup had playing cards printed on it. Tasted just as I had expected,l ike shit. If I could have do it I would have taken a picture or filmed it because it was that beatiful and spooky. Reminded me of what I always thought West Virginia would be like if I ever went. I should note here that for the entire trip My camera was with in arms reach but never got turned on. Which is very weird for me.
I remember a control tower right next to the highway. So next to it that part of it was over the sholder. I believe this was somewhere in Ohio but I really have no idea where it is. Coming up to it I had no idea what is was. I thought maybe they used it for monitoring traffic. Then I saw all the planes.
kind of bugged me for a few miles, but it was still cool.
Changed the planned route but did not mark it that well on the map.
I remember being stuck in mourning rush hour traffic in what i thought was the middle of nowhere. Looking down the hill at miles and miles of trafic like I had never seen before. And if all things are right it would end up being very close to where I actually live now. I have given a lot of thoght to that and driven it several times to try to varify. Still cannot be 100% sure but the time frame would be right. So it was slow moving. i notice a car pacing me out of the corner of my eye. Riding right next to me. So I look over and it's a couple of state troopers just starting. In my head I am going off about them. 'if you are going to pull me over just do it, otherwise what the hell are you staring at.' If it were to happen now I would just smile and wave. Give them something to think about.
I remember stopping at a gas station for something to eat. This is the only thing I can actually remember eating on this entire trip. I wanted some of there breaded mushrooms (my grandfather got me hooked on them when I was very young) but they looked like crap. So I got these messy spiced potato slices. I know there is a name for them I just can't rememer it. They were crunchy on the outside and almost liquid inside. But damn they tasted good. They still tatsted good when I was still tasting them when I burped the next day. Felt like bricks on my empty stomach.
When I crossed into Massachusetts, I called to tellKixxie and AEPB that I was close. She picked up the phone becasue AEPB was either at or on his way to work. I got a lecture about checking in more often. Glad I was still in one piece. I was listening but I was not thinking or hearing to well. Too interested in kicking the gravel in this gas stations parking lot. Ok I am almost there. when I got back in the car I breathed a big sigh of relief.
I was thinking I was going to go visit my sister in Chicago. However the closer I got to St Louis, the more it seemed like a bad idea. That was a planned stop that was suddenly canceled without notice. I could think of no place in that town where I could park my car long enough for me to sleep and have it be safe. So I changed the trip from three good legs to one one finished and one from hell. I regretted this decision for so many reasons. Someone should have known I would change almost every plan I had made for this.
I remeber stopping for gas. Going throught the routines. This may have actually happened on day two, because it was at a BP. It would make more since but I really believe it was day one. A nice clean gas staion. So I get it all done hope in and the Corolla did it's special thing(MP3). Sometimes it would die and not restart for a long time. Other times when being driven for a while, if you stopped it would not restart for a while. Always messed me up because I never knew what the problem was. So I sat there thinking this town is the middle of nowhere, I really do not want to live here. Please start again. It was about 15 minutes before it started and by then my ass was freaking out pretty bad. When it started I got out of there as fast as I could.
I remember shortly after dark pulling into a gas station to call
Kixxie and AEPB to tell then I was definately on my way. I walked around for a little bit. Got something to eat. When I triewd to make the call none of the payphone would work right. I remeber feeling very tired and out of place here.I remember pulling into a rest stop . It was at the top of this big mountian. Cold, dark and foggy. I was really thinking about going to sleep but after trying for a while I decided I could not do it. So I got a cup of coffee out of the vending machines. The ones locked behind bars so you have to reach through the bars to get you purchased items . The Cup had playing cards printed on it. Tasted just as I had expected,l ike shit. If I could have do it I would have taken a picture or filmed it because it was that beatiful and spooky. Reminded me of what I always thought West Virginia would be like if I ever went. I should note here that for the entire trip My camera was with in arms reach but never got turned on. Which is very weird for me.
I remember a control tower right next to the highway. So next to it that part of it was over the sholder. I believe this was somewhere in Ohio but I really have no idea where it is. Coming up to it I had no idea what is was. I thought maybe they used it for monitoring traffic. Then I saw all the planes.
kind of bugged me for a few miles, but it was still cool.
Changed the planned route but did not mark it that well on the map.
I remember being stuck in mourning rush hour traffic in what i thought was the middle of nowhere. Looking down the hill at miles and miles of trafic like I had never seen before. And if all things are right it would end up being very close to where I actually live now. I have given a lot of thoght to that and driven it several times to try to varify. Still cannot be 100% sure but the time frame would be right. So it was slow moving. i notice a car pacing me out of the corner of my eye. Riding right next to me. So I look over and it's a couple of state troopers just starting. In my head I am going off about them. 'if you are going to pull me over just do it, otherwise what the hell are you staring at.' If it were to happen now I would just smile and wave. Give them something to think about.
I remember stopping at a gas station for something to eat. This is the only thing I can actually remember eating on this entire trip. I wanted some of there breaded mushrooms (my grandfather got me hooked on them when I was very young) but they looked like crap. So I got these messy spiced potato slices. I know there is a name for them I just can't rememer it. They were crunchy on the outside and almost liquid inside. But damn they tasted good. They still tatsted good when I was still tasting them when I burped the next day. Felt like bricks on my empty stomach.
When I crossed into Massachusetts, I called to tell
Kixxie and AEPB that I was close. She picked up the phone becasue AEPB was either at or on his way to work. I got a lecture about checking in more often. Glad I was still in one piece. I was listening but I was not thinking or hearing to well. Too interested in kicking the gravel in this gas stations parking lot. Ok I am almost there. when I got back in the car I breathed a big sigh of relief.
