Weekend bullet points, Jersey shore wedding edition

Things I learned this weekend while attending my first wedding of the season:

• Just because I grew up in New Jersey does not mean my horrible sense of direction gets any better once we cross into the Garden State.
• Compared to the NJ Turnpike, the thirty-five cent tolls on the Parkway are so cheap they're cute. 
• The four-dollar Delaware toll is a tad pricey, yes.  But that's not reason to stop your cars in the middle of 95.  Move along, people.  And if you don't have EZPass, get out of the freaking EZPass lane. 
• Don't cut off a car that's worth far, far less than yours.  If I hit you because you weave in front of me to jump in the EZ Pass lane EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T HAVE AN EZPASS, I promise, you'll be sorrier than I am.  My Jetta is going on 11 years old.  Your fancy SUV looks new.
• Who doesn't have EZPass?  Seriously?  I mean, I still don't have in iPod and I use dial-up internet at home.  Even I have an EZPass.
• The Parkway and the Turnpike do not, in fact, run parallel to each other.  They get farther apart the further south you drive.   Thus, you cannot just take the Parkway south for 35 miles and then hop over to the Turnpike. 
• If I had a dollar for every time I found myself hopelessly lost and wishing for a GPS system for the car, well... I'd have enough for a GPS system.   
• It's very possible to turn a 2.5 hour drive into a 6 hour drive if you just try.
• Hey, the Pine Barrens are kind of pretty.
• There's a beautiful irony in the fact that 14-year olds can work at a gas station, but they can't drive a car for another 4 years.  Conversely, most adults in NJ have no idea how to pump gas.
• People who aren't from NJ will mock the "Jersey Fresh" produce signs along country roads and refuse to believe that we really do have great corn and tomatoes in the Garden State. 

Comments

[Laurel]

My sister's boyfriend spent summers in college working at an ORGANIC farm in New Jersey! So there!

[elise]

1. Looks like someone needs a dollar jar!

2. Do Jersey teenagers not get licensed until 18? Weird!

[janet]

I hate driving to Jersey. So much that I really don't ever go to the shore unless I basically have to. Kinda sad huh?

[RA]

The drive through Jersey is one of the biggest reasons that we don't go up to CT to visit my parents very often. We have to go through the entire length of it! The whole darn thing! Gah.

[alyndabear]

I don't know anything about the Jersey state, but I still want to see it! :D

[Stephanie]

I believe in the shore corn. I grew up in PA where lots of our "fresh" stuff came from the Jersey shore. MMMM. Cantalope. Sweet corn. Blech, tomatoes

[Kassie]

I love Jersey and I'm proud of it!

[Keri]

I agree on EZPass. I dont get it. They dont cost anything to have, so why doesnt everyone get one & use as needed. Its one of the things I ask everytime I am driving thru a toll.