Ann Arbor, Michigan
It’s been a couple of days already, but I should mention it just the same…
On Tuesday (August 26), I drove to Ann Arbor with the intention of living there for the next n years - however long it takes to do a PhD in Computer Science. The drive was mostly ok. Going through NYC was a bit slow, but still manageable. NJ was better, but there were still too many cars on the road. Once I hit PA, things were great…I-80 has just the right amount of curves, there are mountains, trees, and other things to look at. I stopped for gas near Allentown, PA because of the Billy Joel song. The couple of hours driving in OH were dreadful. It was the most boring part of the 10.5 hour trip. Do you know what you can see in OH? Fields! That’s it, nothing more. Just fields to your left, and fields to your right. The road has a slight turn every so often, but nowhere near enough to keep the mind busy. Also, since there are only fields, you actually get some pretty nasty gusts of wind that are really annoying. The drive in MI was much better…turns, etc. One thing that really amused me was a road sign saying "Prison area Do not pick up hitchhikers" or something to that effect. Unfortunately, I was busy driving to take a photo of sign.
647 miles total. 10.5 hours (30 mins spend on food and gas).
My apartment’s layout is something like this:
I actually have the left-right reverse…entrance is upper right, balcony is mid left. It’s quite big for my purposes. I still need to work on the furnishing and all. (I don’t like shopping for things, so I’ll just do a demand-purchases…when I need something, I’ll go and get it. I am thinking a recliner would be nice :) ).