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| On the Road Again---Welcome to North Carolina |
Dearest Readers,
Sunday June 9-Made it to Raleigh, NC
I crossed the border into North Carolina near Otto about 10
AM. It was a cool day of magnificent cloud formations and threatening storms up
and down the Smokey Mountain highways.
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| Great Smokey Mtn Highway in the morning near Ashville. |
The overcast sky was easy on the eyes.
Only a few sprinkles materialized. Arrived in Raleigh at the home of artists
and designers Ann Cowperthwaite and Mike Parker, owners of Eidolon Designs-the
place to go for fine interior millwork.
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| Ann Cowperthwaite-storm approaching-Raleigh NC |
We sat on their front deck watching a storm break after
dark, while Etta used her nose like a shovel to bury a rawhide “bone”
compliments of Ann.
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| Etta buries her bone under the rosemary |
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Monday June 10th- On the road around 9am. Made it
to a Super 8 (not so great) motel just off i-95 in New Castle Delaware by 5pm.
It was a day of constant downpours, big trucks throwing up
blinding tire spray, and less than speed limit patches of drenched highway. Ate
a sandwich from my cooler in a hurry under a roadside picnic table during a
brief lull in the rain. Dark gray-blue
clouds approaching. Tolls and tunnels
throughout the day. Snapped unsafe pictures on my iphone of the road and the
weather around this little boat of myself.
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| Big Storm Brewing Near Petersburg, VA |
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| Another Storm Churning Up-Baltimore in the Distance |
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| Crossing through the Slippery Harbor Tunnel in Baltimore under the Patapsco River |
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| More Rain Near DC on i-95 |
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| Cars and Trucks Splash Road Rain Somewhere on i-95 |
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| Crossing into Delaware in the Rain on i-95 |
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I could only find fast food for dinner. Bought a bottle of wine and some chocolate at a shopping center. I crashed and slept
really well, with the AC in the room blasting out white noise against the roar
of traffic outside.
I am somehow comforted by this road journal...guess it gives me a good idea of what you are experiencing...
ReplyDeleteThanks Ruth. I'm settling in in VT and finally reading past posts. It was a good roadtrip. I felt adventurous and eager to hit the highway, no matter the weather conditions.
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