Dec. 28

We had crashed into bed exhausted and without bringing in anything except our tooth brushes. So getting off in the morning was quick. At 6:30a.m. we had joined the line of megatrucks and others heading south on Interstate 91. Soon we were three states away in New York.  As we crossed the bridge over the Hudson I commented that we would eventually be rowing under here.  Heather observed that it better not be in January since the river was choked with ice!  In fact the trip we were embarking on is the last we will be able to do in January since we will have covered the cold season part of the distance from Key West to Canada.  We will need to plan our next leg later in the year.

It was a long and stressful ride from Greenfield, MA to Willis, VA where we pulled in to my niece's home at 8:30 p.m. After only brief stops to fix the tiedowns on the boat, eat a little, and get gas the 14 hours of driving brought us to a warm home, pot roast, homemade apple crisp, good conversation and bed again at last! We were more than half way to Charleston and the temperature had risen at least 30 degrees.