Last Day of Travel

So we've been back from vacation for 4 or 5 days now, but the last day of travel was so pretty, that I still wanted to post pictures. When I was a kid, the Pennsylvania Turnpike was an unending emotional wasteland of when-are-going-to-get-there and are-we-there-yet. It was interminable. Going was slow. Loads of traffic and it went on for hours.

But now that other highways have been opened in the area--the Appalachian Highway to the south most especially--the Turnpike is now actually amazing. As beautiful as it always was, but now also speedy. Driving home from the beach, where it was 80 degrees on our last morning, through the fall splendor of Pennsylvanian mountains the next day felt like unexpected magic.

Vacationing in late September/early October is fine by me.


Plus, bonus! In the very first rest stop on the Ohio toll road, on the extreme eastern border of the state, we found this guy:

It was a happy surprise to see that the robots are branching out to other states. And it gave us a boost before we took on driving the whole width of Ohio.