On I-81 N, just inside the New York state border, there is a rest area. This rest area is particularly interesting to me because it has a popsicle vending machine. You insert your money, press the buttons for the popsicle you want, and then watch what happens. A cooler inside the vending machine opens, a vacuum hose shoots down into the slot for the popsicle you chose, sucks it up, manuevers it over the pick-up slot, and drops the popsicle. I don't think I have ever seen something so neat in a vending machine.
The popsicle wasn't that great, though. It tasted like it had been melted and refrozen a couple of times. Oh well, it was a welcome change from traditional vending machine food.
