Well the time has finally come and we are off an running. I was hoping that I would be able to submit my post yesterday but the Motel 6 that we stayed at in Buffalo didn't have free wifi, so this meant that I could not do anything on the internet last night. The night before we left, Friday, I was fortunate to spend some time with my friends and a few former coworkers. We just hung out on the deck at my house, we had a few drinks, and we grilled up some killer steak tips. Props to Alec for picking the sauce because they were delicious. All in all it was a fitting way to spend my last night in Waltham.
Originally, I had thought that we would get an early start to the day, you know leave around 7 or 8 that morning, however we ended up having a bit of a later start pulling out of Waltham closer to 9:30. That really didn't impact our travel plans that much because we had to get to Buffalo that night and it is a good seven hour ride out there. At first I was a bit cautious when we pulled onto the Pike with that trailer attached to the end of the truck because I have very little experience with a trailer. The only other time I had a trailer on my car was when I was towing a camper up to the races in Loudon. Driving was no problem but once we got to the track and I had to back up the camper into the site it was a complete disaster. It became so bad that I got out of the truck and a guy working security for the race got in and put the camper in its spot. But, this time around, byt the time we hit Worcester I was at ease traveling with the trailer on the back.
The ride was rather uneventful. Jeff and Jess had spent Friday night cleaning up their respective apartments and gathering anything else that needed to come with us, so they were exhausted. It was pretty evident when they pulled up to my house Saturday morning just how tired they were from lack of sleep over the past few days so it went without saying that I was going to start off the trip. They pretty much slept the whole way out to Buffalo, with some conversations occurring in between naps. I have never been fond of sleeping in cars, I never get comfortable, but they both had no problem and it was a relatively quiet ride.
We stopped for gas and lunch somewhere in upstate NY as we made our way across the entire state of New York. I had forgotten just how much the prices are jacked up at these rest stops along the Thruway because I paid almost five bucks for a crappy hamburger and a piece of cheese on a mashed up bun. What a rip off, but when you are on a toll road in the middle of nowhere there are little options. We ate, fueled up and were out in about thirty minutes, which I thought was pretty good. We arrived in Buffalo around 5:30 and in our rooms laid out on the beds. Jeff and Jess needed a little mroe rest before dinner so i just hung out in my room watching the new Robin Hood, with Russell Crowe, and it was mildly entertaining but I was also surfing the net from my phone to look at potential places to dine for our evening meal. I was thoroughly excited at the fact that there was a Cracker Barrel a few parking lots away.
For those of you unfamiliar with Cracker Barrel, it is a chain restaurant/country store. They primarily serve southern style comfort food and have a "country store" in the front full of odds and ends that you wouldn't find at any other typical convenience store. They are famous for their rocking chairs that litter the front porch of each restaurant for patrons to sit in while they wait for their table to be ready. The chairs can also be yours for a mere $129.99. I like them but I don't think that I will be getting them anytime soon, though it might be cool to have one at seminary, Christmas gift anyone??? I'm just playing. We did end up going to the CB that night and I had the classic southern dish, country fried steak with mashed taters, corn, and biscuits. Now that my friends is a dinner. Needless to say we were all stuffed and happy and it was time to retire for the evening. While I was not up all night last night it was necessary for me to hit the rack early and get some much needed rest.
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