Many of the properties had their own pond or a small lake and on a rock by the side of a pond I noticed (with a bit of envy) a gentleman sitting still, with a line thrown in. Looked like an ideal life, at least from a distance. There were many places where I wanted to get down from the car and spend some time looking around but that was not possible. The freeways are meant for speeding along, not stopping here and there and looking around. I had to be satisfied with capturing the scene on the camera. That was proving difficult too. Just as I had the scene on the camera screen and was about to press the button, a car passed us or Vishwa overtook a truck. I got plenty of half trucks, cars and sometimes half a truck and a car.
We Stopped at almost all the rest areas, the space around which looked like gardens, ideal for a picnic.
By afternoon we were in the hilly regions of Pennsylvania, the freeway weaving through the slopes.
After Passing in and out of many tunnels with bright interiors,
we reached Allentown by two in the afternoon, exactly two hours behind schedule.
Latha and Bhanu who were not satisfied with the food they had brought (and the weight they had gained), ate some ice cream, and children nibbled on onion rings and apple pie. I took a bite of pie, found that it did not come anyway near the taste that I had imagined and drank a glass of water, reserving the space in my stomach for Nanda’s lunch. Vishwa’s GPS guided him perfectly and we arrived in front of Nanda’s house by three thirty in the afternoon, ready for a late lunch.
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