Wow! What a drive!!!

I had never thought about it but in our age of technology at our fingertips planning has taken on a whole new meaning.  It use to be where when you planned for a trip you'd pull out the maps and plot your route knowing near exactly where you'd be and when you'd be there.  Well, since we are in the age of GPSs I don't think we think through our routes any where near the depth of what we use to schedule.  At least I for one am guilty of it.

I was in Northwestern Pennsylvania on my way to Providence Forge, VA when I decided; 'Heck, I'm in Pennsylvania, why not visit Independence Hall.'  So what do I do, I plug in Independence Hall in my GPS and off I go.  Don't even take care to think about where my little GPS we'll take me only that I know where I am and where I will end up.  Well, the adventure begins.

Granted, the manner in which I'm traveling I really don't mind taking the adventurous route to anywhere but when I put the GPS on 'Fastest Route' I expect to stay on freeways the majority of the time.  NOT!!!

I'm not yet in Providence Forge but I'm only about 30 minutes away and I have a tee time in about 3 hours so I made it in plenty of time but the trip was to say the least interesting.  My GPS took me through the down towns (and when I say through I mean through the little tiny busy streets - not passing through via over-the-city-freeways) of Philadelphia (expected), Baltimore (not expected) and Washington D.C. (not expected).  And during rush hour to boot!!  What fun!!  How do people live in this mess.  I promise if I ever get a job in one of these larger cities I will be living in the city even if all I could afford was a brown box!!!

The neat thing about the trip was that I got to see a lot of the down towns.  Ha!!  Oh, and I passed by the football and baseball stadiums of Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington - truly monuments of how big of buildings man can construct.  Kind of fun seeing these monstrosities as I crept through the cities.

BTW - Independence Hall is worth trip although I am at a loss as to why I even needed to see the Pennsylvania Supreme Court portion of the tour.