Thursday, February 5, 2009

Road Trip

We took off from Barnegat Light on Friday morning under overcast skies and headed for the Delaware Memorial Bridge, which your grandfather and I crossed so many times with your mother when she was a baby, coming up to the island. This time we were heading south.



We had clear sailing through the Baltimore tunnel and then got stuck in traffic on the Beltway around Washington D.C., losing about 3 hours and any chance of reaching South Carolina on day 1. It was a long dreary first day for our trip. We spent the night in N.C. and woke up on Saturday to sunny skies which took us down to Johana and Waldo’s house in Irmo, S.C. We spent Saturday night with them and then headed south on a lonely road towards Orlando where we met Tia China on Sunday evening. Monday found us on the road again, on our way to Miami, to drop off boxes for storage and then to Hilda’s. That's us - the little trailer amid the giants on the turnpike.


Four days on the road. Time to separate from what was before and look forward to what is to come.

On Tuesday we visited with Maria and Israel, went shopping and ran errands.


Then on Wednesday afternoon your mother left your Tia and Tio and me at the airport. We travelled back to Maracaibo and your mother began to settle in to her new life.
Your Tio Luis put together a much more detailed version of these days (in Spanish) in
http://debarnegatamiami.blogspot.com/

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