Place: Sheetz
Lunch: Meatball sub, garlic Fryz, Pepsi
I have no idea how they make these garlic Fryz taste so good...but they do.
What a perfect day for a patio lunch, and a little blog writing. It's just gorgeous. I'm on the road heading home after what will have been a week-and-a-half long combination work/personal trip. Should be back tomorrow. The loop trip has taken me through Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. Weather has largely been favorable, save for a torrential downpour between Galesburg and Peoria...the kind where people park under the overpasses and even SUV's hydroplane. Nasty. The drive last Sunday from Florence (y'all!) to Webster was crazy hot and miserable.
Western New York is just beautiful. Our vendor is in the village of Victor, whose business district is right out of a small-town romantic comedy. Cute buildings, cute homes, cute businesses being run out of cute homes. All surrounded by lush greens and big shady trees. Very quaint. Sort of Pacific Northwest without the rain. Two convenience stores, both crappy. Tim Horton's became my breakfast routine. The Holiday Inn Express we were booked at was ridiculous. While waiting for the others (who flew in), I sat in the lobby and listened to the desk clerks quote $130-$140/night over the phone in between conversations about how much they hate their jobs. Oh, and the maid had left me a present...half-used soaps in the shower from previous guests. What I would give for Marriott to put a Spring Hill Suites in here.
Tonight is South Bend, where rumor has it they have a real functional Del Taco.
Then home to the cats.
