We got on the road at 6:10 am. I was quite grumpy due to the fact that I wanted to leave at 5:30 am and my ear was bothering me. Dee wanted to be on the road at 6:30 am. So, we had quite the spat and you guessed it. I lost the battle. She didn’t start talking to me until we were half way to Buffalo. I wanted get through Buffalo before the traffic started backing up for rush hour.
It was about 7:20 am when we pass through buffalo. Dee now told me that I owed her big time. I like a good trooper agreed. I remembered Steve Clark’s message:The Battle:A woman always has the last word in any argument.So, I will be cooking her favorite meal this weekend.Anyway, we made it through Buffalo just before it got congested. So I am driving about 75-80 mph and I notice a white suburban with Ontario license plate following me. He seemed to be tailgating. So, I pull into the slow lane and slow down to a mere 74 mph and he follows me. I then started to come up on a slow moving vehicle. I put my blinker on, and move to the passing lane. The white suburban follows me.Then I pass an 18 wheeler and he blew his horn to indicate that there is a trooper up ahead. So I pass him and return to slow lane and reduce my speed. Guess what, the white suburban follows me again. This is getting crazy. So we exit the thruway at the Peach street exit, exit 24, to get gas and to see if we could escape from the white suburban.
We return to the thruway and proceed to the next exit which was US 79 south to Pittsburgh. As I spead up to my cruising speed and lock in the cruise control, I notice the white suburban again. We played cat and mouse until we were ¾ of the way to Pittsburgh. Finally, we were approaching bridge abutment where there are troopers always hanging out. So, I began to slowdown and the white suburban was inches from my rear bumper. As we passed the bridge, there it was, a cop car. We were doing 75-80 mph in the fast lane. I quickly pulled into the slow lane and dropped my speed to 70. Guess what, the white suburban followed me. I looked in the rear view mirror and the cop was pulling out. Dee was half asleep in the passenger seat as I was preparing myself to get a ticket. As the cop drew near to white suburban, he turned on his lights and signaled the driver to pull over. I was so relieved as we drove off. I can only imagine that the white suburban got pulled over for tailgating. Those crazy Canadians.
We arrived at the Hillman Cancer center at about 10:30 am. We stopped in the library and resource center to say hello to Joyce Grater. Joyce was the one who got me in at the assisted living complex. I handed out my special chocolate chip and peanut butter cookies. They have been so helpful and friendly there at the Hillman, I wanted to repay my gratitude somehow. We said our goodbyes and proceeded to the second floor to check in.We checked in, and hung a left at the elevator to get to the outpatient center. We were met by Beverley, the nurse who took care of me while I was in the hospital down there.As I pulled out my bags of cookies out of my knapsack, Melissa, Heather, and Jan showed up. I proceeded to hand them out to everyone. I got very big smiles and thank you. It made my day. I was now surrounded by five women including my wife. And, I was the only patient there. What a trip!!!!!!! They poked and prodded me. Jan removed my stitches. Beverley, drew my blood and Melissa checked my ear. Heather reviewed my previous blood work that was done in Rochester. All seemed to be going fine, except my ear infection. Melissa said “If it doesn’t get better by Monday, give me a call and I will write a prescription for you.” The whole visit took only 45 minutes.We said our goodbyes and off we went.
It was lunch time, so we went to the diner down the street and split a turkey club sandwich. We were back on the road again by 12:30 pm.
We arrived back in Rochester at about 5:30 pm. I was exhausted from all the driving.
That’s the trip in a nutshell.
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