Time You Enjoy Wasting Is Not Wasted Time

We just got back today after a 12 day trip down to Florida. I will post more extensive entries about the vacation soon, but first some random musings:

We drove rather than fly because it was cheaper than plane tickets and renting a car, even with taking the drive in 3 days each way.

We drove through parts of the following states: New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida.

We stayed overnight in West Virginia and Georgia on our way down to and back from Florida.

From West Virginia on South the speed limit is 70 MPH. This seems to make a whole lot more sense than the archaic 55 or even 65. Actually, in one state (I can’t remember which) the minimum was 50 MPH! I hope that PA and NY increase their speed limits soon!

In one state, again I forget which one, I think that signs reading “American Owned and Operated” is code for “White Owned Business”. But perhaps I am being unfair.

I uploaded 235 photos and 3 videos so far to a Flickr set.

There were more rest areas on 77, 79, and 95 than on the 90, 87, and 86 in NY.

The lowest gas price I saw was $1.65/gallon.

It was not pleasant returning to a cold, rainy WNY after having a week of sunny days.

Disney was a lot of fun!!

We got to see the space shuttle after launch. I didn’t get a picture, but it was pretty amazing to see it go up!

More soon….