Sunday, February 27, 2011

The dreaded Day 2

WEll day two is in the can at this point and what a day it was. We woke this morning to snow and more snow in Portland and that continued for a few hours. Terrible driving and white outs. We wouldn't drive to Hfx in that kind of weather and here we were slugging along through Maine, NH, Mass and ultimately to Maryland, DC and now Virginia. We are in Fredericksburg for the night and are likely to head to Charlotte tomorrow.By the time we got here, it was 13C which was quite a change from the - 8C we started out in this morning. Mike did all the driving today but tomorrow, in the south, the driving will be easier and I will get a chance to help. He's a trooper.

Forgot to say that we arrived at Mardens last night at quarter past five and they close at five on Sunday!!! Very disappointing for my shopping tour!! As far as the driving today is concerned, Mike and I have two different opinions. I was stressed to the max and he just trucked on through. Boston was fine. Then came NY. We drove down past Yonkers and crossed the George Washington Bridge. That process took almost an hour and then heavy traffic down along the ugliest stretch of highway in the world. Past Newark Airport and through Elizabeth NJ which is unbelievably industrial...oil storage tanks as far as the eye can see. Hard to describe really. We were shocked by the amount of traffic. Hartford was fine and I guess the absolute worst was along Baltimore and then around DC. By that time it was dark and that makes things worse. As far as the eye could see both forward and back...headlights and tail lights. I know that we won't be going home that way and likely never drive that way again. Stressed beyone belief with crazy drivers by the hundreds.

But we are here safely and that's what counts. Easier tomorrow. Will have to check out the NASCAR Hall of Fame before we leave here so as to be ready. I am tired tonight. Mike is already asleep and it's only ten.

So hope things are good with you. Thanks for stopping by and more to follow.

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