February 2, 2008

Well, Everything is packed into storage or our trailer and we are now on the road. (A day and a half later than planned.) We decided to travel east on the Rt 90 and pick up Rt 81 near Syracuse as that route is far smoother that Rt 15 south. (important given that we were pulling the trailer). It was about 3:30pm by the time we finally got on the road. Thank you to Don and Laura for storing our trailer for us. We would also ask that everyone keep our oldest, Rachael, in your prayers. She has dicided to stay in NY ..... After stopping for something to eat, we finally hit the NY / PA boarder around 8:30 pm. The first thing we noticed was that the price of gas was $2.99 per gallon. Once we got south of Scranton, PA, I realized why the Lord had us driving at night. The Ice storm we had on January 31, 2008 was still very evident (even in the dark). Most of the lovely white birch trees along Rt 81 were still bent to the ground and given that it was dark I am most confident that we didn't get the full picture of what it all looked like..... scarry! After stopping twice to rest, we arrived in Stuarts Draft, VA at about 8:30am. By the way the gas prices here are around $2.75, nice.

Thank you Lord for safe travel.
Robin