Jun 11

Jun 11 Taking a Short Trip: Ann Arbor to Boston

Over the past three years I’ve made the long trip from Ann Arbor, MI to Boston, MA because I live in Ann Arbor, but my family lives in Boston. Generally I’d prefer to take the quick 90-minute flight because it’s easy, quick and relatively pleasant. This short flight is usually however at least $400 roundtrip because Delta (though right now Jet Blue has started flying that route-- AS SOON AS I'M ABOUT TO MOVE. BOOO!) has a monopoly on the route. So more often than not, if I’m staying in Boston for a week or two I drive it. Crazy I know, but I get to have my car when I'm home, so that's a thing.

And I would drive 800 miles and I'll probably drive 800 more (to get back).

Since I’m still in that weird transition time after grad school I decided to wander on home to Boston for a little while and of course I drove it. In honor of one of the last times I will probably make this drive, I thought I would document in a post. Here we go with---

Ann Arbor to Boston (Random Thoughts and Facts Edition)

Miles traveled: 806 miles
Time spent: 13 hrs, 40 mins
States visited: Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts
Capitals visited: Albany, Boston
Tolls paid: approximately $28
Number of times to stopping for gas: 3
Number of drinks : 3 energy drinks, 3 diet pepsis, 1 honest tea, 2 smoothies
Songs I listened to on repeat: Angeline by Tom Bombadil; La Javanaise by Madeleine Peyroux; Feels Like Coming Home by Jetta
Number of mini car dance parties: 3
Best cars on the road: bright orange Dodge Ram; powder blue Camaro
Scariest moment: the truck that slammed on its brakes and brought the highway to a stand still in Cleveland
Best road names: Fang Boner Road and Gore Orphanage Road
Most random things that happened: car with giant cat condo on the roof, dozens of abandoned bulldozers, 2 different Niagara Falls info stations really far away from Niagara Falls