Journey to Albany,
NY
Strawberry
Festival
Univ.
of Rochester Visit
Stargazing
Albany to Vermont
Albany to Atlanta
Bridge Hunting
Albany to Charlotte
Journey to Albany, NY (Captain's Log)
Note to reader: Never, ever, take a 800+ mile trip with a bike straped to your car. You will hate the bike and your life, too.
5.30.01
Day 1
12:23pm - pull out of driveway in Charlotte
1:10pm - Stop in Mooresville for gas
and potty; Mileage: 26498, gas is $1.53 / gal
4:26pm - Lost in VA w/o a working cell
phone. Stopped at a gas station to call Dad and now blocked in by
gas truck
5ish - Land in Grandma and Grandpa's
driveway. Grandpa make me bbq chicken and Grandma made mashed potatoes
and pineapple upside-down cake. Aunt Vivki, Uncle Gene and Carla
came over. We all played w/ Carla (less Uncle Gene, who had to leave)
for a long while afterwards. She learned a new word: "Go!"
Embarrassing moment: lost my chasity ring down the bathroom drain.
Grandpa rescued it for me in the AM.
Day 2 5.31 Roanoke to DC
11:26am - leave Grandparents' 26700
Stopped @ Kline's. Got vanilla
- slightly disappointed
2:51pm - Strap in bike better, buy
drink 26873 65F. What is this?! Winter?
3:40pm 26894 Stop in the Plain, VA.
Cute!
4:18pm Bumper sticker: Where there's
a whip, there's a wag. (in DC)
Day 3 DC to Scranton
11:09 Jason, Molly, and I leave
the apt
11:32 Nat'l Catherdral
12:04pm Leave Cathedral. Children's
Chapel was a highlight.
12:47 just finished eating @
Schlotsky's after Molly lost her mind looking for a stupid parking spot
1:25pm Left Nat'l Geographic Museum.
Little disappointing. Ventured to St. Matthew's where there was mass.
1:46pm Waiting for Metro
2:10pm @ Molly's
3:03pm Away from DC. Hope
bike doesn't fall off 26947
4:14p, abt to get on 81. Stop
to check bike and apply sunscreen 27005
6:49pm Road - post Subway 27141
7:45pm 27188 The Best Western
overbooked --> Ramada
worked out and got some sleep
Day 4 Wilkes-Barre, PA to Albany, NY
10:09am - Leave Ramada hoping bike's
secure. Gotta get gas. Note: can't find BP card, big problem.
27188
10:35am - Stop to take photos of old
bldg and fix annoying bike strap
10:45am got gas 27190
12pm NY Welcome Ctr 27257
Note: After this I got lost in Albany,
it started to rain, and I had to reattach my bike to my car on the side
of an offramp. Not a good thing.
6.15.01 Mayfield, NY
We started towards Mayfield but when
we were an hour into the trip Vicki, Christal, and I decided to turn back
b/c we were still ~45 min away. It was still nice b/c we took some
back roads and it was gorgeous; the air smelled nice and the clouds were
beautiful. Upside: stopped at a park and got a Hush Puppie slushy
and watched some little leauge. Downside: missed festival and nearly
got merged into by an old guy on 87.
Check this bad boy out on the web: http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/
I also was accepted into UR's summer REU program (same grant as what I had at Wadsworth) and in the process had my curiousity piqued about their grad program, so I arranged a visit. I spoke with several principal investigators and grad students and overall, it sounds like a possibility. I am trying to convince myself that bad weather is not a valid reason to not apply...
Captain's Log:
Rochester Visit --> Grad School Fun
7.15
2:48pm 27902 Leave Albany
4:35 Stop to get toll money and
icy frogurt
Exit 38: Salt Museum
6:10pm Pay $6.30 for toll!
6:30pm lost in Sea Breeze, NY
(which is very far from sea)
6:35 directions to be unlost
courtesy of a guy with beautiful eyes
7:15pm Check into my Kind non-smoking
suite at the Courtyard Marriott. UR likes me. 28140
7:35 To Wally World for blk.
socks
8:19pm KRISPY KREME!!!
I walked in and they gave me a free sample of a hot glazed doughnut!
What bliss! They even had flavors I'd never heard of before: peaches
'n' cream and powdered sugar strawberry filled. I got hats for me
and all my roomies and a dozen assorted doughnuts, though how I can eat
them I do not know. Now I know I can come to UR! The thought
of 6 yrs, w/o a good doughnut was overwhelming.
8:24pm 82F and see Atl Bread
Co - can definately live here
8:28pm Lost again
8:31pm Found - back at hotel
7.16
4:56pm 28152 Leave Rochester
Med Ctr
8:04pm "Welcome to Fultonsville:
3 Motels, 4 Truck Stops, 7 Restaurants"
8:52pm 28377 Home!