Day 01 - On the Road

Today we start our nineteen day odyssey across the country of New England. I have been to England before, but this “New” England may be different. I finished packing the Ford Escape and picked Kim up at noon from her last day in classes. I was worried that Kim may have missed her students so much that she would have been crying the first few days of the vacation. I thought she may have needed some time to adjust.

This was our first trip with Garmin. We call her “Garmie”. We hope Garmie doesn’t steer us wrong.

We stopped at Ted’s for some hamburgers with chili sauce. I thought she would like the smell a few hours later!




At one rest stop, Kim wanted to rest in the car. I was worried about her safety, so I locked the car before I went in. When I came out the alarm was going off and everyone outside was looking towards our car. I was hoping that it wasn’t ours, but I could see Kim inside and she didn’t look happy. I stopped the alarm and waited to be yelled at. It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be.
After a long ride, we finally made it to Hartford. Our Super 8 motel was not in the best of neighborhoods. They really need to fix the floor in the bathroom. As long as we don’t get bitten up by bed bugs, we will have had a good night.