On The Road Again

July 21, 2010

We’re on the road again. Excited about seeing new places and looking forward to a cool breeze eventually. The Bell’s Palsy has gotten better. It’s been a month now and I can wink and almost smile (only a slight sneer, as the left side of my mouth still doesn’t work well). My pucker is back, though!

It occurs to me that this is the first time in my life I have been able to look at a trip with no worry or concern about getting back or checking in or leaving someone who depended on me. As much as I miss my mother, her death has released us both.

We are in Woodbine, MD this morning, on Hwy 70 west of Baltimore. The traffic on I-95, as you can imagine, is dense and fast, with occasional slowdowns due to construction. The heat is pretty bad; we don’t have A/C in the bus when we are driving. The freeways up to the Capitol are in awful shape; you know the minute you pass into Maryland. Built for transport, these freeways are tree-lined chutes, you can’t see anything through the leafy borders.

I loved noting the rivers we crossed. I have read so many books which featured one or the other: Appomattox, James, Chickahominy, Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Rappahanock, Potomac. Looking at the map last night, we have decided to go to Syracuse and up to Canada on Hwy 81. Might not escape the traffic, but it seems like it should be a little lighter. We are going to take a detour today and go to Gettysburg; can’t be this close and not go. I’ve got my can of Monkey Butt Lady’s Anti-Chafing Powders, so look forward to walking. Seems like a very un-genteel thing to find in the South, but it works.

Keep the wind atcher back! Sam & Dave