ashmads wrote:
a milk run from charlotte to philadelphia. a trip I took by myself when I was around 30. My dad lived in Charlotte, bought me a plane ticket down there, and I decided to make a trip of it and visit philadelphia and NY on the way back to Montreal. Loved it! Didn't stop in DC but you can see some of the capitol from the train. stayed 2 nights in Philly and 2 in NYC. I was still single then, didn't have a ton of money, so I spent it all on travel and hotel 2/1 nights, so I walked a lot and ate doritos and those tuna/cracker thingies A LOT.

I miss being young.

(except catching the train at 1 am in charlotte in a creepy-teepee area)
Sounds like a good trip.  I miss those days, too, when we could just pick up and go.  Didn't have to have
a lot of money but still made out ok and made our own good time.  Some of my buds and I did that one
time to go to Toronto.  It was before we were all married; we were all hockey fans and said let's put our
money together, fly to Toronto and spend the weekend to go see a Maple Leafs game.  Airfare was way
cheaper back then and airport security was nowhere like it is today.  Good times.