We stayed our final night in Staunton, VA – I tell you what, the motels there have some nerve considering its frickin’ Staunton. We tried 3 that were either full (who the hell is in town?!) or overly expensive before giving in and paying slightly too much for a room. We ate at Waffle House in the morning, b/c its not a true trip through the south if you don’t go to Waffle House. They have a jukebox full of songs about Waffle House, and we were told that the CD is available for purchase on their website.
After a stop at K-Mart to buy a wheelie to haul home all our crap, we got into Philly around 2:30, unloaded said crap in the Chinatown Bus parking lot, then I spent a while consolidating bags and chillin in the lot while Mike returned the car. 1 busride, a walk through Chinatown (nyc) and 2 trains later, we were back in Brooklyn, un-mixing our belongings at Mike’s, and then sadly calling it the end.
By the time I got home and ate some dinner (I think I need a plain pasta diet for the next week to recalibrate my system after all the meat) I was having withdrawal symptoms and had to call up Mike and crack jokes about Graceland.
And so it ends. But stay tuned for retrospectives, car music summaries, and more as we wean ourselves off of road trip mode. Also, yes, pictures are coming.
-E
