Greetings from Johnstown, PA! I'm here on travel, testing our gear on Wednesday. There were no flights out of Harrisburg back to Panama City until 6AM Saturday, which meant I had to get up at 2AM to drive from here to Harrisburg. Ugh. So...after negotiating with the travel agent (who has to abide by gov't rules...hell, the bureaucracy!), I managed to sweet-talk her into allowing me to drive back to PC on Thursday/Friday. So...we had to rent a car.
I refuse to drive a compact as a rental, driving on long drives, on freeways, in cities, etc., so I always ask for an Intermediate. The rationale: either my height (tee hee...I'm 5'11"), or my girth. The girth usually wins out! So...the rent me an Intermediate. But wait! There are no intermediates available, so I get a full-size car at Intermediate prices. And behind door #3 is a Chebby Impala. Ugh. It's okay at best; a nice freeway cruiser but it has no pickup to it at all.
I thought ahead, and packed my portable sirius radio, as the reception in PA is miserable, as it is through MD, WVA, VA, NC, and SC. It fit into a small box into my luggage, and plugged right in to the car. Woohoo...I have tunes w/o ads!
So all of this comfort for 2.5 days of driving (0.5 days driving today) was due to my girth. Thank you chocolate, ice cream, and beer over the past few years. I knew it would come in handy sometime!
I refuse to drive a compact as a rental, driving on long drives, on freeways, in cities, etc., so I always ask for an Intermediate. The rationale: either my height (tee hee...I'm 5'11"), or my girth. The girth usually wins out! So...the rent me an Intermediate. But wait! There are no intermediates available, so I get a full-size car at Intermediate prices. And behind door #3 is a Chebby Impala. Ugh. It's okay at best; a nice freeway cruiser but it has no pickup to it at all.
I thought ahead, and packed my portable sirius radio, as the reception in PA is miserable, as it is through MD, WVA, VA, NC, and SC. It fit into a small box into my luggage, and plugged right in to the car. Woohoo...I have tunes w/o ads!
So all of this comfort for 2.5 days of driving (0.5 days driving today) was due to my girth. Thank you chocolate, ice cream, and beer over the past few years. I knew it would come in handy sometime!