I have a big suitcase full of laundry -- and I have to say it will be nice to be home and in my own bed. Today's drive was also pretty... starting in Ohio....
The mountains of Pennsylvania really are pretty, so old and worn down and covered with trees. Not a sharp edge to be found....
For this last night, another hotel bargain -- $59 at this Red Roof Inn... just like last night, it's old, it's outdated, but it's definitely clean. This room has a safe, refrigerator, microwave, desk, big bathroom... quite a value.
As an ex-smoker, I remain fascinated by those fake water vapor cigarettes. Today at a truck stop, the store had some at the checkout. One with 500 puffs, or so it claimed, was $7.99. I've heard much higher prices for the better ones. I have to confess to some temptation -- maybe a 4 on a 1 to 10 scale to buy one, but the only thing that has kept me from not smoking is the complete belief that one puff will lead to two and to three and then it will be off to the races. I would think after 25 years -- I believe I stopped smoking in 1986 -- that the desire would no longer be there. It's odd that I am so grateful I don't smoke, I look at the prices and can't believe that people pay what they do for cigarettes, and yet this client of mine, who is also an ex-smoker said that if we knew we would die the next day, or the world would come to an end the next day that we would have to have a cigarette together. I am tempted to delete this, but it's true. What an addiction.
Next stop: East 87th Street.
2 comments:
Hope you are home safe by now. Your stories are so much more fun and interesting than my SW hops. But Orlando was seething with little kids, even though the airplanes were surprisingly not full. Must be the prices this summer holding people back.
Funny you brought that up about cigarettes.... I was surprised today when a lady in line in front of is always dead broke..but he still has to have them..
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