After a tearful goodbye to Heather et al. in West Haven, Tyler and I hit the road at approximately 2:15p. By 3p, we were nearly out of Connecticut and into New York. Following I-287 over the Tappan Zee Bridge was the optimal route to avoid New York City area traffic, but the construction leading up to the bridge and the narrowness of it did not make for a fun length of road to be navigating a 16-foot truck towing a car through.
Upon reaching I-80, we began heading westward for a bit through New Jersey and Pennsylvania. There were some spots of bad traffic in New Jersey, which came as no surprise to us. I-80 took us through the Poconos where we found ourselves over 1500 feet above sea level.
Up in the Appalachian Mountains, we found our next highway, I-81. That took us through the beautiful, but very repetitive state of Pennsylvania from near Hazleton to the border with Maryland. After a brief respite in Ravine, PA, we continued on our way south Along the way, we each saw lights in the sky as it darkened. UFOs? Perhaps. They certainly were flying objects that were unidentifiable.
We decided to stop in Maryland so that we would not be spending the night in West Virginia, the state featured in way too many horror/slasher stories. Even though we will be only traversing a sliver of that state, we decided it would be better to make that trip in the daylight. No chance of running into Mothman that way.
Well, it’s been a long day so it’s about time to turn in. With any luck tomorrow I will be writing this from a different time zone.
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Hey Eric! It is so cool that we can track you and yet a little creepy. I feel as if I am spying on you! I love you and am very proud of your courage to make such a big move! Enjoy it and feel proud!