My son and I took a one day trip ( was supposed to be one day) to NYC, left Pittsburgh 8 am on Wednesday( about 6 hours drive ). I do not own a GPS, but we do this quite often, so we were OK. On the way to NYC, we encountered some heavy rain, and high level of water by Susquehanna river. There were a couple of serious accidents along the way as well...However, we did not think much of it. After all, in NYC it was just a drizzle, mom got to shop for a couple of hours and son took care of his matters. And by 8 pm, I was heading back to Pittsburgh by myself. Around 11 pm, I started to get tired a little, so I stopped at the local gas station to get a cup of coffee. Carrying the small conversation with the clark, I mentioned that I was a bit tired to her. Then she stated " Well, that's OK because you can't drive any further tonight. All of the west bound inter-state highways are closed due to the rain..." Oh, no....... Well, I would just have to get a room, and by the morning, it should be all right. So this morning, I started off again at 8 am. When I was checking out, I asked the hotel clark about the road. She told me that the all westbound highways are still all closed! Oh... no.... I have a problem now. Well, she told me to take 80 East, instead of West, then take 81 South, and then take this and that and I should somehow make it back to Pittsburgh..... At this point, it should only take 3 1/2 hours to get home, so even I take some detour, it should be OK, I thought. So I take 80 E to 81 S, then shortly after I was on 81 S, it is now closed. Now I really have no idea where to go.... Some lady told me to take 61, but did not know South or North, some guy told me to take 61 South, and then take this and that. 61 South was packed, I creeped on this small road in the middle of nowhere, where I have no idea where it is, nor where it is leading...... By then I have already spent 3 hours..... Oh, men I should be almost home by now...... I was a bit frustrated by this time. Do I even know if this road is the right road? How do I know this is not going to be closed again? Should I be staying in this little town where I have no idea where it is? If this was a case, I could have spent the night in NYC! blah blah blah ......Then, suddenly, I gave up. I gave up trying to make on time, gave up trying to be in control, gave up trying to make sence, I just gave up and looked around..... There was nothing I can do about it anyway. I just enjoyed the scenary of this small winding road for a good while, got on another highway for a good while and then finally got on a familiar turnpike which lead me to Pittsburgh. It took me total of about 9 hours to get home which should have been 3 &1/2 hours..... But here's a lesson I learned. " Life is a full of detour..... Take a deep breath, enjoy the scenary and go with the flow. At the end, it will all work out..."
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