Day 2 & 3: Corning, NY to Traverse City, MI
March 8, 2000
12:01a: still tooling down NY17 west towards Erie, PA. Getting sleepy, but i'm changing the CD's, so maybe a little singing will keep me going. It would be nice to sleep in my old bed tomorrow morning.
2:25a: Got out, jogged around the bug, little bit of web modification...second wind (or maybe third). keep on truckin.
3:40a: Northwestern tip of Pennsylvania. Finally made it across New York!...Waterford/Erie...I'm so tired I can't even sing. Rodeway Inn is booked up - over to Motel 6. I hope they shut the light off.
5:20a: Bed
9:30a: Up and at 'em. 3 S's and I'm headed to Bob Evans for a giant breakfast. I woke up with a flash - i wonder if
placing postcards next to bathroom mirrors would be effective.
10:30a: on the road again, headed west to Ohio and then north into Michigan. should arrive around 4pm. I have a bone to pick with 3Com about their CellularGSM PCCard. Now that their customer service is finally open! My first thought - who is john galt?
12:30p: Eighth call to 3Com tech support. they keep hanging up on me and i keep pulling over when i get full signal
and calling them. BOYCOTT 3COM - this company is garbage. i hope the Palm IPO spinoff stock deal tanks them
2:20p: Ohio is by far the best ride so far. smooth roads, 77 degrees, sunshine and few cars. i could drive happy back
and forth on this stretch of I-90 all month long.
Stopped in Cleveland to check out the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame - and Brown's Stadium! 550 miles as the crow flies from Boston
5:48p: Destination - Flint, Michigan. Made famous by a little known movie - Roger & Me. i am quite surprised at how quiet the road has been.
9:30p: arrived in Traverse City, MI. Resort town on Lake Michigan. A lot has changed since i lived here in the summer of '93.
there are a lot more fast food restaurants....sign o' the times i guess. is this the symbol of a booming economy? junk food abundance?
Checked into the Bay Shore Resort with a view of a thunder storm on the bay. Food and drink at U&I - apparently it is not "Biker Friendly".
Music of the day
- Sister Hazel
- REM: Green
- Bare Naked Ladies: Stunt
- XTC: Apple Venus
- Replacements: Don't Tell a Soul
- Echo & the Bunnymen: The Game
- Oldie but a goodie heard on small town college station - Alphaville: Forever Youn
Ballast Update
- 5th and 6th quart of H2O gone. Stopped stopping on the side of highways and started relief at rest areas - the bathhouses of the 21st centruy. I am leaving postcards in their displays :)