Small Beginnings

"Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin." (Zechariah 4:10a NLT)

After 4 brutal days of packing (a time that was easily doubled by the fact that Allied/North American Van Lines had neglected to schedule a full crew for packing and loading), we finally, and with great weariness, got on the road at 9:15 p.m. (yes, P.M.) Thursday, October 18. Don drove for about 3 hours, but was too tired to go for longer than that, especially since the rain was starting. We spent a surprisingly restful night at a service area in Connecticut.

Early light, Sandwich, MA

The day had begun cool and clear, and the Fall trees were as colorful as they get on Cape Cod--Cape Cod gets gypped when it comes to Fall color in New England, probably because there are so many pine and oak trees. The oaks somehow never get the message. All they can manage to do is turn brown and hang on for dear life until the new leaves in the Spring pushes off the old Winter leaves. Anyway, I am sure that, once we get to the desert, ANY color at all will look beautiful.

Darren and Debbie

We figured we should out start the final day of the packing marathon with a good breakfast at our favorite restaurant, Canterbury Cuisine (formerly Canterbury Cafe). I'll tell you......We are going to really miss that place--not just the food (which we love), but also the two owners and the staff, all of whom have treated us like family for the past 4 1/2 years, since they opened in February of 2008. They started some interior renovations this week, so Don and I got to sign our names on one of the studs, before the dry wall went up. We drove by last night, on our way out of town, and all of them came out to wave goodbye and to wish us well.

"Don  and Lucy were here!"

So, at 9:15 pm, we were on our way. This morning, after a night of fairly heavy rain, we began again. Don likes to do the driving, so I get to entertain him (Ha!), play Words-With-Friends and Solitaire, knit, and (of course) do a bit of blogging. Here are some views of this morning's travel. This afternoon, it has been raining more heavily and its too foggy to take pictures. More to come at another time...........