A long drive

We left Bartlett at about 10a.m., Friday morning, but of course, that quickly became an hour later when we went into Indiana and the Eastern Time Zone. So by the time we got to South Bend, IN, it was already close to 2 p.m. We had decided to take I-80 all the way to Scranton, PA, and then go up through Binghamton to Albany and home. Google said that was a 15-hour drive, We were trying to get home in time to attend a concert Saturday night of Handel's Samson, a concert we had started to rehearse before we left for Boulder on April 6th. So we needed to get more than half way on Friday to make a fairly easy trip home on Saturday and arrive by c. 5:00pm. When I know we'll be going late, I usually make a motel reservation, so I somewhat arbitrarily chose Clearfield, PA as our destination for Friday night. I reserved a room at a Rodeway Inn, and I estimated we might arrive about 9 p.m. or so. I read aloud from Alice Munroe's Dear Life (a collection of short stories), and we listened to more lectures on the History of the English Language which are fascinating (we are up to the 18th century, and the rise of the dictionary, e.g., Samuel Johnson, and the whole issue of English as prescriptive vs. descriptive. That is, when you write about English, do you dictate a right and a wrong way to speak and write  English, or do you just describe what is happening as it evolves? This is a question which inevitably relates to social class, education, elitism, etc., as well as regionalism.) So anyway, the miles flew by and we decided to stop at our favorite restaurant, the Aladdin, in Oberlin, OH, for a suppertime snack, and of course we had to go to our favorite used book store, the Ben Franklin, next door, and before we knew it, it was 7p.m. and we still had a long way to go.

               Aladdin 's Eatery in Oberlin, OH -  It has the best lentil soup ever ! 

        For some reason, this is a bookstore where just about 

            every book on display is one I would like to read! 

Back in the car, on I-80, I read some more Alice Munroe, and we listened to more lectures, but it was after 11p.m. before we got to Clearfield, PA! Now, after some sleep,  it's almost 8a.m., Saturday morning, and we should be able to get a good start and be in Brattleboro in time for the concert.We'll see!