Rolling on East

Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018

A short blog tonight, because I don't have ANY photos and not much to write about. We got a late start this morning-- I overslept!! Joe finally woke me up and to my shock, it was after 10:00-- he said he'd tried twice earlier but I was obviously SOUND asleep! So we didn't leave Walmart until about 11:00 or so.

Our first stop-- buy gas! We had forgotten the evening before, but we were almost entirely out. Then we headed back toward I96, US 23 (taking us through horrible Ann Arbor), and back to I-80. We did make one stop on US 23-- at the Beef Jerky Outlet. We spent quite a while tasting about 60 different flavors before deciding on a few to take home, along with some other goodies. Then we ate our lunch before really settling in for the drive at 2:30.

Other than a quick pit stop at a rest area on the Ohio Turnpike to dump our tanks, we drove right through all of Ohio, following I-90 rather than our usual I-80, up around Cleveland (we saw Lake Erie to our left) and then into Pennsylvania. By then we were getting tired and hungry and it was after 6:00.

We stopped for gas again, and decided we'd splurge and have dinner at a restaurant. So we stoppped in Erie, PA, and had dinner at Quaker Steak & Lube. This had the added advantage of many TV screens showing college football, and I caught the completely unexpected overtime situation and win by Penn State against Appalachian State. Then the Michigan-Notre Dame game came on, and I was faced with the dilemma of wanting BOTH teams to lose, but wanting Michigan to lose worse.

After dinner, we drove 3 more miles down I-90 and got off again at the Presque Isle Downs & Casino. We'd read on our RV Parky app that this was a better place than Walmart to overnight (the Walmart was literally behind the QS&L). It is a HUMUNGOUS parking lot, and quite dark in the area we are at. There are at least another half-dozen RVs parked here as well. It's too bad I wasn't really in the mood to go investigate the casino, I'm sure it would be fun another time. But this is a great free overnight stop.

And... hurrah for shadenfreude!!  Michigan lost!