A much shorter drive today - only four and a half hours! We sailed through Pennsylvania, with a lovely view of Lake Erie to the left of the car. Barn swallows swooped and hawks glided around the car. I enjoyed their company, and was amused to imagine I was at the front of a ship, hands on the wheel, bouncing through waves, a pod of dolphins flanking the prow, leaping in concert to accompany our passage.
I had the nicest surprise experience at a McDonald's in the beginning part of New York. I drove through and asked carefully at the drive-through if they could make me one of their little wraps vegetarian-style. The loudspeaker voice cheerfully concurred, and as I pulled up to pay, this apple-cheeked girl told me that a bunch of people who worked there were vegetarians and didn't eat most of the food. "So," I began, confused, "Why?" She laughed and told me there really weren't a lot of places to get a job around there.
Then she went on to recommend that I ask for a Big Mac's fixin's with two big slices of tomato instead of meat sometime. "It's so delicious!" she assured me. The wrap was okay, a bunch of melty Swiss, sauteed mushrooms, and a flour tortilla. I usually prefer corn, the flour ones are too chewy, but in pinch, I dug the experience of getting the little snack, and the girl's story made up for the big glob of mayonnaise hanging out at one end of the wrap.
Finally, after lunch, my son slept and the INano (Is it pre-programmed with some incredibly intelligent formula which predicts musical needs in advance? Because all signs point to yes.) played these songs in this order, a stunningly perfect accompaniment to both his peaceful slumber and my contentment in steering through the pretty green, soft hills of New York State:
Sweet Jane - Cowboy Junkies
Lullaby - Greg Brown
Time Has Told Me - Nick Drake
Bring It On Home - Sam Cooke
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Best: Playing Bubbles and Hide-and-Go-Seek in the motel room
Worst: Previous hotel guest anointed the motel room with copious amounts of (I'm hoping?) dog urine. Peee-Ew.
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