July 21, 2008
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PA Trip
Last Saturday, I drove the furthest north I’d ever driven (I’ve been further north, only not driving myself all the way). It wasn’t as awful as I thought; even the tolls (growing up in the South kind of makes the concept of a “toll road” hard to grasp) weren’t too bad, just about $17 round-trip. ‘Cept for that one time I couldn’t tell what lanes were merging into what and a bunch of SUVs behind me started honking. I think I yelled out some ridiculous comment about yankees before figuring out which way to go.
Ok, anyway, I drove up to where Valley Forge is (it’s a really nice area; if I had had more time, I would’ve liked to check out the park some time). One of my friends from college had gotten married, and she’s moving with her husband to Kyoto later this year. Here’s a shot of me and her:
It wasn’t a wedding or the reception, really. It was just an informal cookout where a bunch of us who hadn’t seen one another in ages got the chance to reunite for a bit. Oh, and there was a Mario Cake!:
Other than that… I did not see Dark Knight this weekend. I’m going to see it next Sunday at the IMAX in Dulles (the Udvar-Hazy Center). I’m actively avoiding any and all spoilers until then. I don’t want to know anything about it beyond what’s in the trailers; all I know is that everyone who’s seen it so far has had their high expectations not only fulfilled but exceeded. Fun times, then. KF
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I should try driving one of these days too, but the gas makes it so prohibitive these days…
Fortunately, getting there and back cost less than one tank of gas, since the Corolla gets around 35 highway mpg (so about $40 total). The $40 plus $17 in tolls made it less than half the cost of a round-trip Amtrak ticket.
We’re lucky to be in an area with such an efficient mass transit network. I know if I were back in Nashville I’d really be hurting from gas prices right now. Not having to drive to work every day really makes things easy. KF