I decided to just get to Boston, turn in the rental car and settle in until Thursday morning when I fly back home. When I got to Boston, the driving nightmare began. Because my sister will freak out, I'm not going to tell her that I almost drove into someone else's lane on the freeway. He hit his horn so loud and for so long, you would have thought I pissed him off or something. What a jerk!! I feel free once again. Tomorrow, I'm going to take a subway to downtown Boston and do some touring.
I'm still in the process of listening to the audio from my fright night at the Shanley Hotel in Napanoch, NY. While driving today, I did listen to 5 hours of me sleeping. The owner of the Inn said that I'll probably pick up a bunch of paranormal activity. Is snoring paranormal?? I still have 6 hours of audio to listen to. .
When I was in Reading Pennsylvania at the Overlook Mansion, you can not believe the huge breakfast they served me. I told the owner that I would love to take some of the meal with me as I couldn't finish it...could you???
I was able to pick up a female voice in my room in the middle of the night but I couldn't understand what she said. She probably said "Quit spending your money on box wine and ghost equipment and a get a life!"
These are some of the things I learned on this trip:
a) Drive the speed limit and don't let the person behind you dictate your actions. Even if he flashes his lights and gets so close behind you that you can't see him flashing his lights but you can see him flipping you off.
b) Throw your Tom Tom away (the first one ever made that I bought refurbished") and get something invented in the 2000's. I've decided it wants to kill me.
c) If you go through the wrong ticket toll booth at the turnpike and don't take a ticket, it will cost you $21.15 even if you only go 3 miles.
d) If you accidently drop all of your cash ($35) in the parking lot at McDonalds, don't bother going back to look for it.
e) People are really nice no matter what state you're in except people on the freeway in Boston.
f) People will charge a lot of extra money if you ask if their hotel is haunted and if they know you want a really haunted room.
g) People don't seem amazed or give a damn that they live next door to a building that was built almost 400 years ago and that a President slept there.
h) Egg foo Young tastes terrible on the East Coast.
i) There is a McDonalds at almost every exit with free Wi-Fi and all you have to do is buy a diet Pepsi and you can literally set up an office in their dining room.
I'm going to sign off and will do one more post tomorrow night. It will be either really boring with a travel log type format or very interesting if I find something paranormal when I go and visit the gravesite of Paul Revere.
OMG! That breakfast could feed a family of 4! Ha, I bet you thought I was going to say " OMG!!!The traffic, the traffic, never drive again Gloria!"...but I didn't say that now did I. The number of things you learned on this trip should be written in a bible for travelers. So funny! Love you sis and I'm glad the car rental place has possession of that murderous machine once more!
ReplyDeletethat is some breakfast there! (about $35.00 worth at any local mc donalds!) you SWORE to me it was your "glandular disorder"......i hope you are having a great time! trey
ReplyDeleteI only ate one of the French toasts and a bite of eggs but I took all of the fruit, muffins and bacon with me and managed to get it down somehow during the rest of the day while sitting on my butt driving. Very healthy.
ReplyDeleteI knew when you asked if you can take it with you the main reason was bacon. You crack me up!!! There seems to be a problem back here with turn signals, they don't use em.
ReplyDelete