Monday morning we rose fairly early because this was the day we wanted to get back to New York. However, by the time all the goodbyes were said it was 10 am when the trip started.
The drive was a lot easier than going down not just because of the beautiful weather but because it was daylight for a very long time. The roads down there are a pleasure to drive on. Even though there was traffic it still moved at a good pace at over 70 mph. Naturally there are slow pokes everywhere who set themselves in the left lane and have to be blasted out of there.
We only stopped for gas and for absolutely necessary reasons. We alternately took the helm and this way driving was more tolerable.
It appeared that the previous few days were extremely warm because all that snow we saw on the way down was totally gone. I think it was Delaware where we saw a small mound in the back of a gas station parking lot.
We saw a few accidents but nothing serious and that was good. I felt very sorry for a family who was pulling a trailer behind their car going north and somehow the connection between the trailer and the car broke. Result was that the trailer careened off the highway right off the road and was stopped by a tree. That's a hell of a way to start or end a vacation.
Almost all the way north the temperature was in the 70s, then the 60s and when we got to New York it was 36 degrees. What a difference.
We got to my house around 1 am Monday morning. That makes it fifteen hours for the 1,200 miles. Tiring but very, very interesting.
Now that I did it I would love to do it again.
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