Twelve days on the road ...
... and I'm a-gonna make it home tonight.
Dear Husband and I left New Jersey on a late-summery morning, just a little condensation on the windshield at 7 am, too warm for long sleeves already, mostly green in the woods with just a little bit of early yellow in a few leaves.
A couple of easy days on the interstate, lots of good talk and good magical fiction book-on-CD. Then a long weekend in Asheville, NC, where the weather seemed just perfect, the downtown is a very human scale, there's a drum circle in the park, a couple of magic/new age shops in town, several neighborhoods of comfortable suburban houses within a few minutes of downtown and still within the city limits. Glorious mountains to look at ... met a few interesting people, walked a lot of city streetscape.
Then a couple of easy days on the interstate, reprise of good talk and book, and boat-stuff shopping in Miami and Fort Lauderdale. Dropped off a pile of new halyards, some new standing-rigging wire, a pair of oars for the dinghy, a fair-sized collection of small hardware ... at a shipper in Miami who sends a weekly container to Guatemala City.
Should arrive there in a week or so, unless there's a delay for customs or homeland security at either end.
Next a trip down the Overseas Highway the length of the Florida Keys. The new bridge is complete at Gilbert's Landing, with a great length of new highway all divided by the usual concrete barriers. Except that these are painted an amazing turquoise (more a Southwestern Sky color than anything like the blue of the Florida sky and water). Lots of highway construction, looks like more of the highway will eventually be four lanes.
Marathon was wonderful -- great to see old friends and check in with the folks at City Marina, Dockside, Burdine's. A lovely walk on the old Flagler railroad bridge and a delightful visit to the thrice-weekly Yoga class, still going after two years. Then a quick drive to Key West for some more boat-parts shopping and a visit to the Schooner Wharf bar (in honor of Beloved Younger Son who used to work on the Western Union schooner that docked across the street).
Then to Jacksonville the first night, Smithfield NC the second ... which means tonight we may be home.
I've enjoyed the ride ... but sure am ready to be off the road.
Dear Husband and I left New Jersey on a late-summery morning, just a little condensation on the windshield at 7 am, too warm for long sleeves already, mostly green in the woods with just a little bit of early yellow in a few leaves.
A couple of easy days on the interstate, lots of good talk and good magical fiction book-on-CD. Then a long weekend in Asheville, NC, where the weather seemed just perfect, the downtown is a very human scale, there's a drum circle in the park, a couple of magic/new age shops in town, several neighborhoods of comfortable suburban houses within a few minutes of downtown and still within the city limits. Glorious mountains to look at ... met a few interesting people, walked a lot of city streetscape.
Then a couple of easy days on the interstate, reprise of good talk and book, and boat-stuff shopping in Miami and Fort Lauderdale. Dropped off a pile of new halyards, some new standing-rigging wire, a pair of oars for the dinghy, a fair-sized collection of small hardware ... at a shipper in Miami who sends a weekly container to Guatemala City.
Should arrive there in a week or so, unless there's a delay for customs or homeland security at either end.
Next a trip down the Overseas Highway the length of the Florida Keys. The new bridge is complete at Gilbert's Landing, with a great length of new highway all divided by the usual concrete barriers. Except that these are painted an amazing turquoise (more a Southwestern Sky color than anything like the blue of the Florida sky and water). Lots of highway construction, looks like more of the highway will eventually be four lanes.
Marathon was wonderful -- great to see old friends and check in with the folks at City Marina, Dockside, Burdine's. A lovely walk on the old Flagler railroad bridge and a delightful visit to the thrice-weekly Yoga class, still going after two years. Then a quick drive to Key West for some more boat-parts shopping and a visit to the Schooner Wharf bar (in honor of Beloved Younger Son who used to work on the Western Union schooner that docked across the street).
Then to Jacksonville the first night, Smithfield NC the second ... which means tonight we may be home.
I've enjoyed the ride ... but sure am ready to be off the road.