Goin' nowhere
We all have stories lately about the ways our lives have changed. Here's one of mine: Yesterday we headed toward NY to visit family. We were cautious, with wipes and gloves for dealing with strange surfaces. But the travel itself proved strange. Every rest area on I-80 was either closed or had bathrooms closed or was marked only for truck parking. We coped — Sheetz locations were open — and got to Lamar, PA, where we stop for the night. (Yes, we split the trip. We are old.) Few cars were in the lot of the Hampton Inn where we usually stay; breakfast was cancelled but the room was OK as usual. Then we heard that the governor of PA had ordered a bunch of shutdowns including, it seems, hotels. The hotel association said places will be open but our hotel couldn't tell us for sure if the hotel would be open in a few days when we came back. And who knew what else would be shut or locked down before we returned? So, back to Ohio we came this morning. There was p...