On the road……finally!

One of the main purposes of this trip was to get away from the snow and cold.  No such luck.  Not only did it snow the day we were supposed to leave but the temperature in the places we were planning to visit were not much better than home.  Below freezing from New York to North Carolina and not much above that from South Carolina to Florida.  But we are nothing if not stubborn so we packed the van with freezing fingers, left the apartment for Claudia to “sub-let” (and to water the plants and sort through the mail) and left on Thursday morning, only a day late and an hour or so behind schedule.

We got to Don and Dolly’s in Winchester VA about 4pm and were treated to a delicious salmon dinner after which they took us to a play at the Winchester Community Theater where they both volunteer.  It was community theater at its best.  Titled Good People, the play was based in Boston and the characters – Southies all – grappled with the consequences of past decisions.   Really made us think. We shared more meals together, a movie and some cutthroat Hearts games, one of which (not to gloat) I actually won.

It was really hard to leave our dear friends and their beautiful home but Sunday morning we packed up and restarted the adventure.  Can we really do it? Three plus months in the van? Far from home and family? With minimal conveniences and only three pairs of jeans? Time will tell…..