Traffic Jam First Thing in the Morning

We drove through Harrisburg on the first day and stayed in a nice hotel just on the other side of the city.  We had driven for 18 hours.  So the second day we only had to drive for 8 hours.

We didn’t have to get up too early on the second day.

When we got on the highway just beside the hotel, there was a bad traffic jam.  The highway was down to one lane.  Fortunately, we were close to the accident and didn’t have too long to wait in the traffic jam.

The accident looked really bad.  A large 18 wheeler was off the road in a farmer’s field, flipped over and a load of planks were scattered around the side of the road.

We were happy we decided to drive through Harrisburg before we stopped for the night because we didn’t have to wait in the traffic jam very long.

Using Coupons

Our friends in Florida told us that they stop at the first rest area when they reach in a new state during their drive home to pick up a coupon book.  In the coupon book, they find good deals for hotel rooms.

We decided to stop at a rest area late in the afternoon but when we picked up the coupon book, we found out it was for a different state than the one we wanted to stop at.

Later we stopped again, there was a coupon for a hotel called the Friendly Inn that looked really cheap.  When we found the Friendly Inn, we found out why it was so cheap.  It was a real dump.

There was another coupon for the Dutch Inn that was going to expire the next day.  We stopped there and got a room for $44 with our coupon. 

Barb wondered what the real price was.  When she asked the lady at the desk, the lady said it would normally cost $70.  It was a really nice place and Barb was happy to get such a good deal.

Washington at Rush Hour

We had a map this year to see which highways to take.  We decided to take the shortest route even though we would have to go through Washington at evening rush hour.

However, on the highway into Washington we hit a rain storm.  Everyone on the highway was driving fast and the highway was crowded.  I was in the fast lane for most the way and I could barely see the lines on the road because of the rain.  It was scary but we made good time.

We found that the evening rush hour in Washington was not too bad when we got there. 

Happy to Get Lost

We were driving through Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and missed our exit because it was an exit on the left side of the highway.  So we had to drive a ways down the highway and exit and then get back on the highway and find the exit coming the other way.

We got onto the right highway but the signs were not very easy to understand and we didn’t know when we were supposed to exit off the highway again.

Finally, we found the right exit and there was stopped traffic in the exit.  The police and the ambulances had just arrived because there was a bad accident in the exit with a number of cars off the road.

If we had been there a little bit earlier, we might have been in the accident.  We were happy that we got lost after all.

One Last Pickleball Game

Barb wanted to play one more pickleball game with her friends, even though her regular partner had already gone home and her regular pickleball courts were under construction. 

So on Monday morning before we left on Tuesday morning, she went to play one last time and hurt her arm.

She had come down to Florida with a hurt arm and she was going back to Ottawa with a hurt arm.

She had hoped to surprise her Ottawa friends by showing up to Thursday afternoon advanced league but now that she was injured she couldn’t do that.

Fast Delivery

Barb put in a bid on some outdoor pickleball balls on eBay.  She didn’t expect to win the auction but she did.

Then she read the expected delivery date.  It was next Thursday.  However, we had decided to leave for Ottawa next Tuesday.  So she was upset.  The pickleballs wouldn’t be delivered on time.

Then on Monday, Barb found the pickleballs in the mailbox.  She was so happy.

Sarah’s Prize

Sarah and her friends put one of their projects into a competition at the University of Guelph Engineering Department.  She was very excited about the competition because she thought they were going to win and the prize was $3,000.  They were the only girls in the competition.

On April 1^st, Sarah texted me.  She said guess what?  I said what?  She said they didn’t win the competition.  I felt bad for her because she had been so confident.

Then she said, April Fool’s, she did win.  Later she posted a photo of her and her team holding a big $3,000 cheque