Day Two - Buffalo to North Canton

This morning we all woke up with a hankering for more cracker Barrel, becuase their breakfasts are just as generously awesome as their dinner fare.  For our trip today we were traveling from Buffalo to the Akron/Canton area in the northwest corner of the great state of Ohio.  I have been a little anxious about coming back here, not so much because Ohio is a bad place, though I do dump on it every once and awhile, but because of what transpired here during my year and half stay.  There is way too much to say here and this is not the appropriate forum either so that will have to remain unknown, but do know this, my time here definitely had a major impact on who I am now and the path I took to get here.  I do come back in a much better place and under happier circumstances, i.e. on my way to seminary, so I know that all that truly remains here are the memories of which newer, happier ones can always be made.

Since the ride from Buffalo to here is not very long we were under no pressure to leave this morning.  In fact I didn't actually get out of bed until about 9:00 which was nice to not be rushed in the early morning.  I find that rushing around early in the morning leads to me messing up, like forgetting something.  So we packed up the car, checked out, and made our way back to CB for a glorious breakfast.  Check this out:

Seriously, check that out.  It is epic!!!  What you must also keep in mind is that out of the left of the picture is my bowl of grits, a staple to any true southern breakfast.  The coup de gras at the end is the biscuits and gravy, as seen on the right.  Absolutely epic!!!  After we had filled up yet again at CB we headed west on I90 were on our way.

Just as we had reached the other side of Buffalo the skies grew dark and I could see lightning off into the distance.  It had become so dark if you didn't know the time you might of thought it was late evening.  The ominous stillness in the trees around us as we traveled down the road, left me with a sense of foreboding about what was awaiting us up the road.  And then like that it hit us.  Sheets of rain and clouds of mist being kicked up by the cars in front of us.  I slowed the car down because you could only see about 5 feet, if that, in front you.  It continued like this from Buffalo all the way to the Pennsylvania border.  I could only imagine that had this been the dead of winter we would have been hammered with a ton of snow.  Fortunately we are driving in the middle of summer so no snow for us.  By the time we crossed the border the clouds began to dissipate and the rain slowed down to a drizzle and then like that, it was sunny and clear.  being so close to the Great Lakes definitely allows for interesting weather.

Pennsylvania was a mere 45 miles and we soon found ourselves in Ohio.  We rode around Cleveland and heading south towards Akron/Canton.  We got in about 3:30, which I had timed out almost perfectly, and now I am just chilling to see what may happen.  I am supposed to be meeting up with someone, with her in fact and I am a bit nervous as to how that will go if it goes at all.  I haven't seen her in a very long time and frankly she wants to see me more than I want to see her but I don't think I could live with myself if I don't at least make the opportunity available, since I am passing right through, but it is up to her if she shows or not.  Time will tell...