College Trip - Day 6 - Heartburn

After our day at Miami we sat in the Hueston Woods Cabin and discussed our trip so far and college in general.

The Turk does travel like a rock star for sure.  She has a doorman.

Limo side entrance.

Private couch in the back.

Will doesn't do so bad either.

Playing PSII.

We left Miami, heading east and Terri had fallen asleep. She woke up in the parking lot of Dorothy Lane Market, in Dayton, OH where she and Jim shopped for groceries. Fun surprise for the Turk, Central Market fans would drool over Dorothy Lane Market.

Dorothy Lane Market specialty is "Dave's Killer Brownie."  I'm not one for superlatives, but I will put these up against any brownie on the planet.  Jim and Terri had to move from Dayton in 1992 because they had developed an at least one a day Killer Brownie habit.

The duplex we lived in Oakwood, OH, beautiful suburb of Dayton a la Alamo Heights.  To live here now we would require lots of "googlie eyes" on the Ivy encasing the house (you'll have to be a Christopher Walken and SNL fan for that reference.)

Oxford is not the only town with drive thru convenience (beer) store. Dayton has'em too.

Another Ohio tradion, White Castle, which we had to kick out before we left the state. We hit one near Cleveland.

Certainly catchy marketing materials.

The boys were entrusted with the goods.

Well protected Slyders in the "Crave Case."

Fun and memorable couple of days in Miami.  It might be a bit far from San Antonio, but Jim and Terri would enjoy the experience with the boys if they ended up selecting that as their school.

We had a 9 hour drive from Oxford, OH to Syracuse, NY our next stop nearing the end of the Slauson 2008 Summer College Tour.  Coast (Gulf of Mexico) to Coast (Atlantic Ocean) for sure.

Our route took us past Dayton, Jim was driving and Terri had fallen asleep.  Jim surprised Terri by stopping off at the community that they lived in when Jim did his residency, and where Will was born.  Dave's Killer Brownies make the land excursion well worth it.

Getting back on the highway from Oakwood we passed Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, where Jim did his residency.  We were rewarded with our first speeding ticket of the trip (damn laser.)  Ironic, Jim drove this 10 mile stretch of interstate every day for 3 years and never got a ticket.  So if you spread it out over each day, the cost is a bit less painful.

Everyone who hears this story asks "how bad did Terri freak?!?!)  Apparently she has the reputation as a bit of a "drama mama."   She didn't even raise her eyes or voice.  It took us a bit to figure it out - "Dave's Brownies!!!"  The Turk's sedative!!

Around Cleveland we found a White Castle.  To make it easy on you, White Castle offers a "Crave Case" of 30 Sliders.   So we split the Crave Case, a "Sack of fries" and a "Sack of Onions."   We ran into a former International Studies professor at Miami in the restaurant.  No disrespect to Harold and Kumar, but this wasn't the best idea.   Jim had indigestion from Buffalo to Syracuse and won't eat White Castle again.  Maybe thats not a bad thing.  This is particularly notable since, as you know, Jim has the stomache of a Billy Goat.

In Car Entertainment today included Berlioz and Schubert.  The movie was a clever Kevin Spacey flick "Ordinary Decent Criminal."  Music was the Kinks.  We landed in Syracuse around 9:30pm with only 1 speeding ticket in hand.

Tomorrow, Syracuse Univerity.  Home of the Orange Men.