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OK, maybe I'm just a regular "yankee" from the north & maybe I'm just an eastcoast beach bum, but yall just ain't like my area!
I made the trip from Jersey to Missouri this weekend to pick up my new race truck. Along the way, I saw some things that just just were'nt normal from my area.
I'm not trying to offend anyone, so please do not take offense, just pointing outhings I don't normally see and am kinda confused about.
Pennsylvania-
The LONGEST state in the world! 5 hours on the PA turnpike......5 hours of 2 lanes & cement barriers. Nothing but trees & more trees.....not even different types of trees.....just the same tree......for 5 hours. Oh, and you had a couple of tunnels.....that was cool. Any idea when that road will be finshed and driveable? I had white knuckle syndryom throughout the state.
West Virginia-
Only in here for about 15 minutes. Not bad at all.......except for the long steep upgrades. Other than that, it was cool.....70 MPH limit was nice too.
Ohio-
What's the deal with the truckers in Ohio?! They will run you off the road to get into the left lane if there's a cop up ahead! Something about "don't dust the bear"? Damn crazy S.O.B.'s almost made me total my L AND my new race truck!
Indiana-
I've never seen so many damn roadkills in all my life! Do yall have contests to see who can kill the most or the biggest racoons?! I think I saw one on 74 West that outweighed my L! That bugger was at least 4 feet long!
Illinois-
Now I didn't have a problem with this state till I got to Springfeild. We stopped there to get a hotel room for the night. It was about 6am (IL time) and I was tired as hell after driving for 15 straight hours throughout the night. We just wanted to get a room and crash for a few hours till 10am or so. Pulled into the Best Western in Springfeild and asked the very laxadasical nite clerk for a room. Respone-"nope....nottin' available" in a thick slow country drawl. So he was nice enough to call around and told us everything was booked. Now let's get something clear. I come from a resort area w/ hotels EVERYWHERE, and you can always find a room somewhere somehow. I'm standing there trying to rationalize to myself WHY I can't get a hotel room in "Springfeild, Illinois in February". I couldn't possibly think of a reasonable excuse why everything was booked, so I asked if it was normal to be booked like this. His response-"welp....we got a bowlin' tournament & the beef expo's in town". Wait wait wait.......now you mean to tell me I can't get a room in a "major city of Illinois" cause there's a bowling tournament and a friggin' BEEF EXPO in town!!!!!
What the f@#k is a "beef expo"?!?!?!
I'm a chef,and I've never heard of something like that. Are you kidding me? Please tell me this is the joke yall play on the yankees from Jersey!
So we continue down on 72 to Jacksonville and found a super 8 with a vacancy....thank god!
And what's up with the HUGE bridge for the little itty bitty Illinois river? I'm assuming it rises quite a bit?
Whatever.........
Missouri-
We had to go to Hannibal to get the truck. You know what's in Hannibal? Mark Twain's hometown! Woo Hoo!
Other than that, there were huge rolling hills (that almost killed the L w/ the trailer & new race truck) and the lovely Mississippi. I was ready to leave, but didn't want to go through Illinois again
Overall throughout the trip, I didn't see many cops. A few highway patrol, state troopers, and alot of county sheriffs, & zero local town police. We don't have that around here. Every town has a police force and then there's the troopers & sheriffs. The troopers primarily stick to the major highways, and the sheriffs are basically nowhere to be found. There is no highway patrol either. We have the coast gaurd if that counts, lol.
Sorry if I offended anyone, I'm just not used to any of this. I'm sure if you came to Jersey you would feel the same.
So can anyone shed any light on any of this? Mainly the "beef expo". What the hell is that?!
I made the trip from Jersey to Missouri this weekend to pick up my new race truck. Along the way, I saw some things that just just were'nt normal from my area.
I'm not trying to offend anyone, so please do not take offense, just pointing outhings I don't normally see and am kinda confused about.
Pennsylvania-
The LONGEST state in the world! 5 hours on the PA turnpike......5 hours of 2 lanes & cement barriers. Nothing but trees & more trees.....not even different types of trees.....just the same tree......for 5 hours. Oh, and you had a couple of tunnels.....that was cool. Any idea when that road will be finshed and driveable? I had white knuckle syndryom throughout the state.
West Virginia-
Only in here for about 15 minutes. Not bad at all.......except for the long steep upgrades. Other than that, it was cool.....70 MPH limit was nice too.
Ohio-
What's the deal with the truckers in Ohio?! They will run you off the road to get into the left lane if there's a cop up ahead! Something about "don't dust the bear"? Damn crazy S.O.B.'s almost made me total my L AND my new race truck!
Indiana-
I've never seen so many damn roadkills in all my life! Do yall have contests to see who can kill the most or the biggest racoons?! I think I saw one on 74 West that outweighed my L! That bugger was at least 4 feet long!
Illinois-
Now I didn't have a problem with this state till I got to Springfeild. We stopped there to get a hotel room for the night. It was about 6am (IL time) and I was tired as hell after driving for 15 straight hours throughout the night. We just wanted to get a room and crash for a few hours till 10am or so. Pulled into the Best Western in Springfeild and asked the very laxadasical nite clerk for a room. Respone-"nope....nottin' available" in a thick slow country drawl. So he was nice enough to call around and told us everything was booked. Now let's get something clear. I come from a resort area w/ hotels EVERYWHERE, and you can always find a room somewhere somehow. I'm standing there trying to rationalize to myself WHY I can't get a hotel room in "Springfeild, Illinois in February". I couldn't possibly think of a reasonable excuse why everything was booked, so I asked if it was normal to be booked like this. His response-"welp....we got a bowlin' tournament & the beef expo's in town". Wait wait wait.......now you mean to tell me I can't get a room in a "major city of Illinois" cause there's a bowling tournament and a friggin' BEEF EXPO in town!!!!!
What the f@#k is a "beef expo"?!?!?!
I'm a chef,and I've never heard of something like that. Are you kidding me? Please tell me this is the joke yall play on the yankees from Jersey!
So we continue down on 72 to Jacksonville and found a super 8 with a vacancy....thank god!
And what's up with the HUGE bridge for the little itty bitty Illinois river? I'm assuming it rises quite a bit?
Whatever.........
Missouri-
We had to go to Hannibal to get the truck. You know what's in Hannibal? Mark Twain's hometown! Woo Hoo!
Other than that, there were huge rolling hills (that almost killed the L w/ the trailer & new race truck) and the lovely Mississippi. I was ready to leave, but didn't want to go through Illinois again
Overall throughout the trip, I didn't see many cops. A few highway patrol, state troopers, and alot of county sheriffs, & zero local town police. We don't have that around here. Every town has a police force and then there's the troopers & sheriffs. The troopers primarily stick to the major highways, and the sheriffs are basically nowhere to be found. There is no highway patrol either. We have the coast gaurd if that counts, lol.
Sorry if I offended anyone, I'm just not used to any of this. I'm sure if you came to Jersey you would feel the same.
So can anyone shed any light on any of this? Mainly the "beef expo". What the hell is that?!
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) FAST, going from Fort Worth, Texas to NJ/NY things tend to speed up a bit (unless you are driving in Dallas then they are just as fast) and people seem to keep to themselves more. And no I am not some extroverted redneck with a big belt buckle yelling out how ya'll doin' 
