Packed Up and Headed Out

Today's song = "Hot town.  Summer in the city.
                           Back of my neck is sweaty and gritty."


Today's spat:   5:30 a.m.  "Time for you to get up so I can sleep on the air mattress which does NOT leak."


Today's favorite signs:
    1)  Find Happiness at Friendly's   (perhaps I should go there)
      
    2) Big Dang Farms                           


 3)  Quaker Steak and Lube (wonder what sides come with that....)

  4)  Lover                                              5)    Pittsburgh
     1/2 mile                                                     California
                                                                       1 mile


Today's grateful list:
    I am grateful for:                                      
      a car with working A/C                                      
      elevators
      iced tea
      audiobooks


Daily food pick:  peach iced tea (Cracker Barrel)


Well, we left our apartment at Hillhouse in Philly for the last time today.  It was a great place to live with friendly staff and quiet residents.  The neighborhood was just what we wanted for our urban experience.  However, last night's rest was not so restful due to a poor choice in air mattresses and blankets.  Tonight, we are at a Sleep Inn in Columbus, OH.  We passed by miles and miles of beautiful, green, open farmland in western PA and eastern OH.  The blue mountain views and the landscape seem to cheer us up a bit after trying not to say good-bye to family members.
The high heat followed us all the way here and we did get a few minutes of a thunderstorm in western PA.  Today, we did not try to take in any site-seeing, choosing to make progress -- over 400 miles.  We'll see what tomorrow brings.