Drive Time Minutiae

I had to drive to Michigan today to deal with some things of my mother's. This is the fourth time since late September I've driven out here.

Today I drove by myself. Despite the 8 hour trip, it's not all that bad. I guess I don't mind being by myself for that long. I have my Ipod, some great tunes, and 1998 1.7 liter Toyota Camry screaming for vengeance.

This time I took pictures along the way to record the journey. I'll post them when I get back. Many of the photos were taken as I drove. I was surprised how hard it was to take good pictures with a digital camera while cruising along at 75 MPH. It's trickier than you might think to take pictures and not crash into something. You definitely must watch the road through the windshield for successful driving. Do NOT try to drive while looking at the road on the camera's LCD display.

Some of the things I observed while enroute:

1. A plaque on the back of a cattle truck that read: "Bless the farmers because we feed your fat ass."

2. An overpass in Ohio labeled: "Gore Orphanage Rd."

3. A total of 7 different hornet's nests. They looked just like the ones in the Yogi Bear cartoons.

4. A guy in Maryland sitting along the side of the road with his backpack. He didn't appear to be actively hitchhiking but I can only assume he was. He had a hand-lettered sign stuck to his backpack that read: "I have no weapons."

5. A semi-trailer on the Pennsylvania Turnpike that had "Put the Christ back in Christmas" etched in mud on its back door.

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