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The visit to the shores of Chesapeake Bay is complete, time to return to the shores of Narragansett Bay. 'Twas a long drive down, no doubt it will be a long drive back.
Holiday traffic.
Sigh...
Stay well, see you soon.
The musings & rants of 3 retired military (2 USAF, 1 USN), 1 former WSO, and 1 AF brat. Old AF Sarge, Juvat, Tuna, LUSH, and Beans.
Safe home. Old Guns
ReplyDeleteFair travels Sarge.
ReplyDeleteTravel safely Sarge. Hopefully the foolish and impatient drivers left far earlier.
ReplyDeleteSafe travels. Hope you had a great time.
ReplyDelete-Barry
I noticed the "Snow emergency route" sign, I was driving by Packwood WA on Sunday and saw a "Volcano evacuation route" sign. I'll bet there are more show emergencies back there than eruptions out here! :-)
ReplyDeleteProbably, but you can survive a 'snow emergency' much easier than a 'volcano emergency.' :)
DeleteUm, yeah, hands down.
DeleteYour travel today would have taken at least a week, or more, in the times of your latest great story.
ReplyDeleteI am sure you will (at least subconsciously) reflect upon, and appreciate the sacrifices of earlier generations who plodded along at foot pace, or if more fortunate, at the speed of a sturdy horse.
You will pass within a few miles of critical locations from the past, largely forgotten (by others, but not you and your readers). The 1643 Swedish settlement at Tinicum, on the Delaware River, before William Penn was even born. Chadd's Ford, site of the Battle of Brandywine (and home of the wonderful Wyeth Art Museum!). Valley Forge where 'Muricans bent on freedom suffered, and Trenton where the suffering freedom fighters routed the Hessian mercenaries.
New York, and all the history that is there, albeit eclipsed by its urban decay and crumbling veneer of civilization. Through Connecticut (spelling may vary!) with a rich heritage of settlement and growth of the "Yankee mechanic" industrial revolution. Little noticed by most, but critical to our national interests are the neat things in New London- both submarine related, and our wonderful Coasties who have to go out, but don;t have to come back. On to your neck of the woods, a vital shipping port from the earliest days, landing point of vital French aid during our Revolution, and for nearly a century one of the major U.S. Naval ports with surface on the east side, and airdales on the west.
Yup, much to appreciate, as you motor along. So much history out there!
John Blackshoe
The thought of traveling at the speeds we do these days does come to mind every now and then as I am complaining about traffic on the Freeway only moving at 50 mph.....and it dawns on me that in 15 minutes at that speed, early travelers spent an entire day. The distance I can drive in 8 hours at 70 mph on a highway would take a 1800's traveler in a covered wagon over 20 days to accomplish.
DeleteI am amazed everytime.
(Don McCollor)...It must have meant even more in the older days of the Transcontinental Railroad. There was a pleasure excursion before the tracks met. In a day and a night, they had traveled to their destination at Milepost 700 - an empty spot that was seven hundred miles west of Omaha...
DeleteOddly enough, I spent a lot of time on the drive contemplating the history of the areas I passed through (while staying focused on driving of course). We passed near the area where Forts Lee and Washington once stood. The long trip across "the Jerseys." Then in Maryland and Delaware I remembered the extremely good regiments which those two colonies provided for the Continental Army. Lots of history in this great nation of ours, we forget it at our peril. Which is of course, precisely what our Chinese, er, Progressive leaders want us to forget.
DeleteSee you tomorrow or the next day. I pranged my combonculator and it's going into the shop today. Dang dog and my lack of quick reflexes.
ReplyDeleteWhat? The dog ate my homework?
DeleteI hate it when that happens. 😁
It's alive!
ReplyDeleteGlad you made it home ok. My surgery went well today. Hand still feels like a hunk of wood, but slowly getting feeling back.
ReplyDeleteGlad that the surgery went well, prayers for fast healing!
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