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April 23, 2003
The Trip...
This is what it takes to get to see my grandchildren:
I-89 from Burlington to White River Jct VT....I-91 to someplace South of Hartford CT...Ct Route 15 ( AKA the Wilbur Cross Parkway/Merritt Parkway....or as I call it the CT Speed Trap) a few side roads of the Merritt and 4.5-4.75 hours give or take. No speedie; no tickie this time.
CDs: The Best of John Denver, Josh Groban, Double CD Best of ABBA, various instrumentals on a CD entitled Polar Shift ( Which Morgan has tried to pilfer on many occasions) I also replayed a few songs and I'm a little horse. I'd really like to be able to sing well, but alas...it's just not going to ever happen.
Cruise Control through the MA/CT speed traps........it was painful having all those people pass me and give me dirty looks. Ok Ok..I confess I took off the cruise control but still maintained a slower speed than most. I confess to being gun shy...still. MA had a unassuming unmarked...an old Pontiac GTO no less. The rack with the blue lights on the front bumper was a dead giveaway though but you didn't get to see them until it was too late. *I* had been being good though or else the guy in front of me was being good...something like that.
Oh yeah...I liked it when the pain in the butt who really blew passed me was seen pulled over to the side of the road with a lot of flashing blue lights and the nice man in knee high boots chatting to him. He deserved a good talking to if he passed me in VT.
One banana...one package of peanut butter crackers...one bottle of water...one bathroom stop... one cup of coffee from the bathroom stop place. One mini Kit kat.
A field of turkeys...or moving rocks. One lone patch of ice and snow along the interstate rock ledge. Rain, fog...or some might refer to it as a very low cloud since it really didn't touch the ground. Road crews cleaning up the litter... more than one someone had some major community service to do.
...and it was definitely all worth it since there was one little girl who exhibited some excitement to see me...she knows how to get Grammy/Mommy's attention. Kieran didn't say anything to me directly but he did let me walk and rock and bounce him to calm and cat nap a little. He's a sweetie.
Maybe now I've calmed enough to go to sleep...I got a little excited to see them and their parents, too. :-D
Posted by frani at April 23, 2003 12:17 AM
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Glad you made it without a ticket and I can just hear that singing at the top of your lungs. Enjoy the grandchildren and Aidan says goooooo!
Posted by: Lizzie at April 23, 2003 09:06 PM
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