CONNECTICUT !!!! Paul had to be at a meeting in NJ on Friday so we drove up......all in one day. We had planned on flying but when the weather became unruly and I decided that I did not want to recreate my last flight into rough weather, we decided to drive up. It is 1037 mi from our house to the hotel in NJ and we did all but 25 miles of it on Thursday. It was uneventful but rather boring. We got good at quick pit stops and eating in the car. We saw nothing of particular interest nor blog worthy. The GPS did route us right thru the heart of DC and it was dark and the Washington monument was in full view for quite awhile, as well as the Capitol, the Lincoln and Jefferson monuments. At night they seem to glow from within.....quite beautiful but not captured on film. We left the house at 7:30 am and arrived at the Hampton Inn at 12:30 am, 17 hours.
We'll slow it down on the return trip.
We're enjoying being back in Newtown. After living here for about 30+ years, many of the roads are just so familiar and we drive along, knowing what is around the next corner, only it's NOT. Suddenly, there is some new structure and a new road and more McMansions. Our house looks a bit seedy and dated and the neighborhood has aged. But the good memories remain and it was a great place to live and raise the boys. It's just so interesting to think that one of them has returned to his roots. How life gives us quirky little surprises. 
Becca is spending the summer helping with the boys. I know she has been a bit bored, being out in the country away from shopping and friends
but she is a trooper and a help to Marybeth. She flies back on Sat.
but she is a trooper and a help to Marybeth. She flies back on Sat. We will get an early start for Florida on Monday. We'll do it in 2 days this time but won't do any sightseeing. It won't be as hard to say good by as I will be back in a couple weeks to help during scheduling conflicts.
Money being no object, I'll bet you had the Moving Roadblock in FL so you could have gone to CT in full style.
ReplyDeleteI'm in TX in our RB and we are near bringing another chapter to an end here. Diane is holding down the fort in PA, while Eric is vacationing in Japan!