Driving to RVA
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walkitoutA. and I got out of the house around 10:20 or so, IIRC. We drove to the Blue Colony Diner in Connect the Dots where she had a grilled ham and cheese with fries and lettuce on the side (thumbs up on all that), I had a BLT with fries and coleslaw (ditto). She tried the chocolate mousse cake, but didn’t care for the mousse, so we removed those layers and got her vanilla ice cream and the result was acceptable. I had diner coffee. Mmmmm. She had apple juice.
We had stopped once before that at a rest area, where she was distressed by the loudness of the hand dryers. So, no more rest areas for us.
Fuel stop in NJ and used the loo (clean and nice).
We stopped at a Rutters and they had nice bathrooms (ditto).
We had dinner at a Gilligan’s in Harrisburg on Houcks Rd. A. did not like the American cheese on the burger, but with the cheese removed was fine with it. I had the fried haddock sandwich with onion rings and it was excellent. Manhattan was fine. Waitress was delightful (has family in Chicopee) and comped the burger when she saw A. didn’t like it so I tipped to compensate.
It’s nice that both stops worked out; I’d happily go back to either of these and may on the way home.
We stopped at a gas station (that A. found when I was panicking! Yay!) on Gatehouse Rd. near my sister’s house (too late to crash their house and use the loo, alas). We rolled into the hotel a little before 1 am, checked in, got settled and slept.
We had stopped once before that at a rest area, where she was distressed by the loudness of the hand dryers. So, no more rest areas for us.
Fuel stop in NJ and used the loo (clean and nice).
We stopped at a Rutters and they had nice bathrooms (ditto).
We had dinner at a Gilligan’s in Harrisburg on Houcks Rd. A. did not like the American cheese on the burger, but with the cheese removed was fine with it. I had the fried haddock sandwich with onion rings and it was excellent. Manhattan was fine. Waitress was delightful (has family in Chicopee) and comped the burger when she saw A. didn’t like it so I tipped to compensate.
It’s nice that both stops worked out; I’d happily go back to either of these and may on the way home.
We stopped at a gas station (that A. found when I was panicking! Yay!) on Gatehouse Rd. near my sister’s house (too late to crash their house and use the loo, alas). We rolled into the hotel a little before 1 am, checked in, got settled and slept.