We woke up slowly in the Edison Motor Inn in Edison, NJ, and went to get breakfast in - that’s right - the Edison Diner. We were eating slowly because we were supposed to meet up with a couple of friends, Dan and Lyla, as they were driving along the same route in other direction, and we have been discussing this random meetup for a few days. When we felt like they were getting closer we started driving towards them, but since neither of them carries a smartphone, or even a map, they could not tell us where they were. We gave up the idea and continued driving towards Maryland.
We got to Baltimore, where Julia’s sister, her fiancé, and their dog live. We got all our remaining stuff there - this time it was the real deal with the heavy boxes, our bikes and stuff. When we were done we still had the truck pretty empty, which made me happy, because I don’t like the feeling of having a lot of things. I had a lot of things before I left for the states, and now I’m much happier, at least about this part. and some other parts. anyway, this is not what I want to talk about right now.
The in-laws (see what I did there?) made us some pizza, and by the time we were done it was time to drop Julia at the airport.
From the airport I just started driving into West Virginia. When it was dark and I decided to find a place to stay I was already too deep into the Virginianess of America - there was nothing around. not even gas stations, and I was running low on gas with a truck on top of a fucking mountain.
I found gas eventually. An hour later - a motel with no vacancies. Half an hour later - a motel with an old lady with only one room left. Do they have wi-fi though? “have what?”
Internet? In-ter-net?
"Son, I don’t understand what your saying!"
Have a good night, Ma’am.
The last motel was closed - it was already 11. I realized that it’s too late now for the small motels to have someone at the desk - I need to head to a bigger town. The map (yes, map. there’s no reception in WV) took me to Keyser, WV, where I got a room in a Mircrotel - kind a fancy Super 8.
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