Road Trip Comes To A Screeching Halt in Washington Pennsylvania

We were in Washington, but not Washington DC. It was in Pennsylvania. After driving through the mountains of Maryland, passing by Fort Necessity, farmlands and golf courses, the car started making horrible metallic and other noises. Our eleven year old Subaru promised to behave after having a gasket repaired a few months ago to the tune of $2800. Luckily we have google maps and found a Subaru dealer, it was early afternoon, and a workday. So we embarrassingly drove to the place through town and begged for help. We were prepared for the worst but didn't really want to buy a car now. It turned out to be a very bad and rusted tail pipe that was replaced for another $899 - with a $50 AAA discount. Since we have no time constraints we spent the five hours doing what we usually do in the afternoon - read, and catch up on social media - with our iPads. Just another adventure of sorts. It could have been a lot worse! Please Bessie! If we need to get another Subaru, we prefer to get it at home.