Lessons learned on the PA turnpike
September7
- It is hard to keep a straight face while listening to a 300 lb trucker with 3 teeth order a “venti caramel macchiato” at 6AM.
- 4AM wake up + 2 large lattes + 1 diet pepsi + 203 miles = serious crash from caffeine buzz at precisely 1:13PM.
- I am incapable of getting water out of the motion activated sensor faucets at the rest areas.
- There is one bathroom stall door with a working lock on the entire PA turnpike.
- 75 year old man + 1 greyhound bus sized RV + 1 SUV being towed behind RV = 18 car pile up waiting to happen.
- A medium soft drink is now 32 ounces.
- People (read me) should not consume 32 ounces of diet pepsi unless people want to stop at every other rest area the entire way home.
- Accidentally reading an article which calculates exactly how many calories are in a Cinnabon cinnamon bun will actually stop me from ordering a little piece of nirvana while on the turn pike – one of the joys of the turnpike by the way.
- Starbuck’s on the turnpike has vastly improved turnpike travel.
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