Saturday, August 29th, 2009 In Which the Author Leaps from Rest Stop to Hotel When traveling on a road trip, I’ve often found it useful to get out of one’s town of origin as quickly as possible, making the initial push to cover as many miles as possible to ward off the possibility of being bogged down/stuck in areas that may not be where you want to be. Even excessive stops, i.e. eating in restaurants, shopping for snacks, etc. take time away from the forward progress. So, I “put on my astronaut pants” and plow forward as fast as possible. My frugalness also comes into play, as the thought of justifying the cost of spending the night in a hotel (even a MOTEL), when I usually try to drive past midnight and start as early as
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