Time to wind down and take a breath.....

I left my friends house in Connecticut this morning.... It was very sad for me. They are such a wonderful family and it is very special having the privilege to spend a few days with them. My intent , when I left, was to head for my sister's house in Delaware with a stop off to see the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island on the way. My plans started to change almost immediately after I left. The traffic was so horrendous that my taste for making a side trip wained as each stop & go mile passed. It took me 2 hours just to get out of Connecticut. New York wasn't much better.... The adventure of the last 2 weeks was wonderful... it certainly seemed like so much more than 2 weeks. Some of those days along the way were 12-16 hours long. I thoroughly enjoyed my visits to nature preserves, traveling the New England & Maritime coasts and most of all the time I spent with family & friends. A very special thanks to Tom & Kathleen Gargano (and the kids) and Frank & Barbara Davis for you kind & generous hospitality.... Now I will spend some quality time with my sister & her family and.... surprise, sit in the sun and drink diet coke. I will be thinking about where & when my next adventure will take me....