Day 5

Last night was AWFUL! I barely slept. I woke up warm, but the second I left my cozy nest, my fingers went numb. It's FREEZING here! Don't know what I was thinking going further north. doh. Guess I'm just stubborn - had my heart set on getting to places I've never been that I don't really care about things such as snow and cold. pft!

So I'm not to Niagara Falls yet. I'm actually about 10 miles outside of Buffalo. I'm sitting inside a rest stop and there is a girl behind me chewing very loudly with her mouth wide open. I would like to smack her... love and tolerance. love and tolerance. love and tolerance...

Weather.com was my friend last night. I left Akron because it had stopped snowing. There were very few cars on the road, and even semi-trucks were sparse. It was quite windy, which got a bit unnerving at times, but otherwise a smooth ride. I don't think I went over 60mph the entire night. I know it pissed a bunch of people off as they sped past me or honked from behind (it's called the slow lane for a reason, douchebag). I needed to conserve gas. I've been getting shit for gas mileage the last few days and wanted to milk the most out of what I had. It worked pleasantly - as I ended up with 35mpg instead of the previous tank's 28.

I am very much looking forward to getting a hotel room and taking a hot shower. LOST is on tonight, so it's necessary that I have a tv. haha!

A couple things last night made me laugh out loud - quite possibly because I'm slowly going mad by myself. However, I'll share them anyway:
There was a very large green sign that just stated "GAY ROAD" (I know. I'm totally juvenile for laughing at that, but it was funny.)
I passed a prison last night and there were signs posted on the road that stated "Correctional Facility Area. Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers"
And finally, as I mentioned I was driving quite slowly last night - for about 30 miles there was a car following me. I would almost say tailgating me, but not quite. I got tired of the headlights in my rear view mirror so I slowed down more to force the car to pass me. They immediately flew by at a much higher speed than they had been driving - it was a freaking DE LOREAN! After gaining about 500 yards on me, they put their flashers on and pulled off onto the shoulder. I then knew for sure that it was in fact the infamous vehicle because the passenger door lifted up as someone fell out (I'm assuming to be sick). Awesome.