End of the road
Monday, November 23rd, 2009We’re back from Michigan. Whoa, that was a long short trip! We did the whole 600 mile drive today, after first packing the car while one of us held Lilia (she woke up too early and with a stuffy nose… she had to be “holded”), doing a quick unfortunately unsuccessful search for a letterbox, and stopping at Zingerman’s Deli to buy a loaf of day-old Parmesan Pepper Bread. The loaf was consumed before we left got out of Ohio.
At a rest stop on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, the A-Plus convenience store was selling shirts that said, “Pennsylvania, Established 1787.” While the shirt is right… Pennsylvania became a state in 1787 when it ratified the constitution… it just seems wrong to me. Pennsylvania as a place was established in 1681 by William Penn. It bugged me the whole way home. I guess that’s silly… even the state quarters put the date that the places became actual states:
I guess I started obsessing when I was sick of listening to the iPod and there was no good radio stations to be found. Next time, I will find something better to worry about on the turnpike!