CROSS-COUNTRY TRIP -- Part C

CROSS-COUNTRY TRIP - Part C

On to New York!

On our trip across the country, we saw a lot of motels........

.......and a lot of "rest stops." We found it interesting that the farther East we drove, the nicer the rest stops were. Starting out, rest stops were few and far between and consisted of restrooms, maybe a drinking fountain or bottled water dispenser, and a map on the wall.

Later, they were more frequent and consisted of restrooms, a picnic area, and a "Travel Plaza" where your could buy food and drinks, even from some well-known fast food places.

Closer to New York, the rest stops became large and beautiful parks and picnic areas...........





.....and large, beautiful buildings with marble floors, several restaurants, internet areas and several pay telephones and souvenir shops.




Then, when we got to Canada.........."What's a Rest Stop?"


On travel day seven, we drove from Kirtland, Ohio, to Buffalo, New York, where we spent a wonderful weekend with our children and grandchildren, Marcel, Jackie, Rianne, and Dallin. We watched "Dynamic Dallin" in gymnastics, saw "All-Grown-Up Rianne" go for and land her first job, learned about card-making and blogs from "Very Creative Jackie," mowed lawns with "Green Thumb Marcel," attended a ward picnic and church services, visited and visited and visited, and ate and ate and ate GOOD food, both at their home and at Red Robin (where we were introduced to yummy veggie-burgers). We had not seen them in almost three years, and it was a great visit!

STAY TUNED: NEXT STOP--Palmyra and the Sacred Grove, then on to Canada!