Saturday, April 11, 2009

Facts the travel mags. don't tell you...

Driving 3,500.Kilometers in 4 days by yourself is tiring.
Driving through 3 time zones is even more tiring.
All the best campsites appear at 10 in the morning or 2 in the afternoon. after 2 , there are no more camping areas...
2 in the afternoon is too early to stop, if you want to make it home in 4 days.
Everyone in the motel rooms next to you, get up and shower at 4 in the morning.
There are no Tim Horton coffee shops in America.
Americans do not know how to make decent coffee.
Leaving Arizona in 90 degree weather and arriving in Ontario to see snow on the ground 4 days later is rather a shock to the system.
Travel tends to make this driver very grumpy. But I am sure with enough coffee and sleep she will recover.
Happy Easter to all.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

wow, i'm glad you made it but i'm sorry about the coffee withdrawals. you have to take your own with you. that's the only way to travel across america. they never have starbucks beside the highways.

jacquie

janice said...

ha ha , thats funny, they do have a dunkin donuts on every off ramp though, i thought. At least you missed the worst of the winter,
its kind of chilly today but hopefully will warm up this week.
Your phone isn't connected and i did not know how to contact you today . mabe tomrrow!
janice

Unknown said...

You are so funny, Dorothy! We surely miss you here - just not the same. How soon can you come back?? I'm so glad you got home in one piece and so speedy too! We're going to Amerind wednesday with Jacquie, so that should be fun. I'll keep checking your blog for news. Miss you.

Lynn