Driving the Roads of America

Over the past several months I have been driving the roads of America trying to take in what really is America.  Some states seems so comfortable and to me normal while others seem as foreign as if I were in China or Russia or something other far reaching part of the globe.

Heck, its even down right spooky going into some of these road-side stores to get a drink.  I'm not sure if the owners are looking at me as strange alien come from another planet or just another customer; all I know is that the feelings I'm sure are somewhat mutual.  I'm pretty sure some of them are from a far far away distant galaxy.  lol

Some quick observations:

Winchels owns the West; Dunkin Donuts owns the East and Northeast.

For get about getting a fountain drink in the Northeast.  I haven't walked into a gas station store were there was but one or two; and I've been in a lot of them.  Might want to stick to the truck stops.

Driving on the highways in the Northeast is much like driving down the street in Hilton Head; better look for the signs because you are going to see anything from the road.  Trees, trees and more trees.  Not that I'm complaining, just observing.

New York?!?!?  Not sure what to make of it.  I drove through on Sunday afternoon (literally - Brooklyn, Stanton Island, etc. etc. but it still took me an hour and a half to get through the city once I got on the freeway.  Traffice was terrible and it wasn't even rush hour.  If I ever got a job here I'd have to leave in the city proper where I could walk to work.  And if I couldn't afford that, well, I still have my van!!!  lol

Delaware beaches are beautiful.  Weren't too many people at the beach when I was there, probably more because it was the middle of the week than the weather - weather was great.  Beaches were clean and easy on your feet.  Lusha loved it but that was more because she found a friend to play with.  Man, her coat of hair sure can collect sand!  Ha!

Loved going across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. It was like floating on the Atlantic (well, the Bay) as you watched tankers go by.  Tunnels are so fun, take all the beauty out of the drive.

When I am driving with no time restraint I program my GPS to avoid highways.  Just for those thinking about doing something similar to what I'm doing now, there is a particular corridor of the United States staring at Washington, D.C., passing through Baltimore then Philadelphia and ending up at New York City where you really don't want to do that; it'll simply prolong your journey by a year or two and you will never see anything worth seeing that's natural.  Okay, that's a bit of an exaggeration but it can be long and boring depending on how much traffic you get caught in.

Enjoy the pictures:
Off of Chesapeake Bay Bridge

 Fisherman's Island

Delaware Beaches