Stats:

Odometer start: 14520
Odometer end: 15248

Gas:

• Shell, West Asbury NY. $3.31/gallon, 13.33 gallons, 428.5 miles.
• Hess, Raphine VA. $3.29/gallon, 10.4 gallons, 341.8 miles.

Meals:

• Breakfast: Peter Pause Restaurant, Schenectady. Three eggs scrambled, sausage patty, home fries, Italian toast, coffee. $7.25.
• Lunch: Roy Rogers, Ruby NY. Double R Bar Burger, fries, Diet Coke. $9.02.
• Dinner: No. 1 Chinese Kitchen, Hagerstown MD. General Tso’s Chicken, rice, egg roll, fruit punch. $9.26.

Notes:

Breakfast at the Peter Pause Restaurant. I’ve been wanting to eat here since the first time I came to visit Duncan and Rick; it’s a very tiny 1950s diner in a 1920s house. Great place. I drove around a bit in Albany and Schenectady and then hit the road. Somewhere in New Jersey, I decided to drive it all in one day. It was, needless to say, a very long drive. Didn’t see much exciting stuff. Had lunch at a rest area Ry Rogers and dinner at a Chinese takeout place in a strip mall in Hagerstown. Rolled into my garage about 1:00 in the morning.

It was a great trip.

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Stats:

Didn’t drive all day.

Meals:

• Breakfast: Broadway Restaurant, Schenectady. Spanish omelette, home fries, coffee. $12.44 for two.
• Lunch: First Prize Mike’s, Schenectady. Two hots dogs, Diet Coke. About $6.00
• Dinner: Home Style Pizza, Schenectady. Large meat lover’s pizza, Sprite. $25.89 for three.

Notes:

Breakfast with Rick at Broadway Diner. We drove around Albany, Troy, and Watervliet among other places. Visited an interesting architectural salvage place where I considered (for about three seconds) buying a “Walk/Don’t Walk” sign. Hung out at home this afternoon. Pizza with Duncan and Rick tonight. A very pleasantly restful day. Really good to see Duncan and Rick.

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Stats:

Odometer start: 14218

Gas:

• Esso, Ottawa. $1.24/litre. Bought $20.00 worth to get me back to the US.
• Sunoco, Ogdensburg NY. $3.56/gallon. 12.4 gallons.

Meals:

• Breakfast: Ada’s Diner, Ottawa. Two eggs scrambled, pea-meal bacon, potatoes, “brown toast”, coffee. $8.99.
• Lunch: Jumbo’s Diner, Gouverneur NY. Pulled pork sandwich, fries, water, coconut cream pie. $8.23.
• Dinner: Blue Ribbon Restaurant, Schenectady. Meat loaf, mixed vegetables, mashed potatoes, salad. Duncan bought.

Notes:

Drove around Ottawa a bit with Robin this morning before dropping him off at work. On his recommendation, had breakfast at Ada’s Diner on Bank Street (good call). Got gas nearby to tide me over until I re-entered the US (where it’s more than a dollar a gallon cheaper) and then headed out of Ottawa. Made one last Canadian grocery run in Prescott and crossed the border. No problems at the crossing. The nice little old lady at the border started talking about “Carolina blue” when I told her where I worked. Didn’t have the heart to tell her I worked at a different campus.

Gas in Ogdensburg and then I headed toward Schenectady on NY 812 and NY 12 through Gouverneur and Lowville. Got on the Thruway at Utica and arrived at Duncan and Rick’s house about 6:15. We went to dinner and then to the brand new Shop-Rite and drove around downtown a bit. Came home and watched “Big Bang Theory” and “Modern Family.”

My phone is really on its last legs. I’m having to do a hard reboot every time I use the camera or Shazam. Hope it holds till I get home.

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