MASS Exodus: Day 4- A Long Days Journey Into Night

We were planning a quick escape from Gainesville in order to make our longest drive of the trip so far, about 325 miles to New Bern, NC, home of Mrsfabp's sister. Unfortunately, we ended up talking with Peggy over coffee and blueberry cobbler, for several hours so we did not get out of there u til late in the morning. Thanks to a tip from Peggy's neighbor, Mr. Bill, we saved maybe 30 or 45 minutes, but still had a long 7 hour ride ahead of us.

How do you know that you are in Virginia? It's the deer people. Driving through the woodlands of New Jersey, North Carolina or Maryland, we saw perhaps one dead deer on the side of the road. Once over the border of Virginia however, they came in droves. Like every 100 feet it seemed. Like they were just waiting to be hit and took turns stepping into traffic. As Mrsfabp"s sister Nancy says, "I hate dead animals!" 

Driving through the major part of North Carolina,  I experienced my first stretch of bored driving. You know, set the cruise control and wake me up in 45 minutes. Silence only broken by the GPS voice reminding us we had 93 miles to go, that kind of boredom. Unfortunately I expect there will be a lot more of this through the south and through the giant state of Texas. I'm also sure I will comment on this again...

The drive into New Bern would have been pretty if we could have seen it. We arrived at Mrsfabp's sisters house and were treated to a great home cooked meal- spicy sausage, peppers and onions over penne. Ya, my mouth is watering all over again

We have now completed about 38% of our trip, approximately 950 miles...


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MASS Exodus: From Here to Serenity / "The Car, Cat and Clothes Tour"

Good friends, good food, good times!

The dream of Las Cruces, New Mexico is becoming a reality !