Day 12- 7/28: Headed home

After a little waffling on whether or not to continue up the Adirondacks a few days, I decided to pack it in and head home. More than anything else, I'm a bit sick of sitting in the car, and want to get back to more of an easy routine of running. Fort Ticonderoga has made it this long, I'd imagine it will still be standing in a couple more years too. Drove through White Plains, then 80 across PA which was new for me and fairly interesting, if exceedingly long. Found a nice roadside taco stand somewhere west of the Scranton turn-off. Made my Cleveland Ramada destination by a few ticks after 7 (thankyou Hotwire). It's a little smoky smelling (damn OH), but otherwise reasonable. Drove into downtown to get dinner and walk around a little. It's nice. Not bustling (at least on a Sunday evening), but it seems like it's also had a bit of a resurgence and they have a nice scene. I like how they also have all three sports stadiums downtown. The waterfront is still fairly well blockaded off, but there's obviously still a large, active shipping industry, so I suppose that get's priority to a cargo-short clad midwesterner simply wanting to see the beach for the sake of it. LoPresti and I went back and forth a bit on whether Ohio is in the Midwest (I like to say that it's fringe), but it kinda felt like it driving back to my hotel through the neighborhoods. It was the smallest of sampling, but I could see coming back for an extended weekend sometime to check it out. I'm still a ways out, but feel like I'm within shooting distance now, which is comforting. Looking forward to the old routine again.