Coming Home

We left Southport at 5:45am. We arrived in Simsbury at 8:54pm. 776 miles of driving.

A little longer than we expected. The weather cooperated nicely, the only slowdown that was weather related was down in North Carolina when we ran into a brief cell of very heavy rain that lasted only a couple of minutes. The rest of the trip was fairly dry, just overcast skies with an occasional very light drizzle.

We were making great time until the New Jersey turnpike. Then we hit three separate slowdowns. The first was for around 10 miles for unknown reasons. The second was a little further north due to an accident. And the third was at the George Washington Bridge.

We dropped Lori off in Cromwell at around 8pm and was thinking that we had a clear final 30 minutes or so home. But then we hit traffic on I-91 at the Wethersfield/Hartford line due to an accident. It was at a nearly dead stop. We ended upgetting off 91 and driving through downtown Hartford to get back on 91 just past the Meadows. After being in the car for 14 1/2 hours (and me driving all but around 90 minutes in VA/MD), that was just cruel be be stuck in traffic so close to home. By brain and body started to hit the wall. I was blurry eyed for the final 15 minutes or so of the trip.

But as fun as our vacation was, it's great to be home.