December 4, 2013
Narragansett, RI
136,058.4 (338.8 miles)
[pe2-image src=”http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Me9pKuusOL0/Up6kLZ_1uXI/AAAAAAAAEtA/QUQN9qHufNk/s144-c-o/1203131225b.jpg” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/108131301217387227436/EastboundDay18#5953376273294539122″ caption=”The gang checking out Lexie’s bus.” type=”image” alt=”1203131225b.jpg” pe2_img_align=”right” ] We hit a couple of Milestones today, but before I get to them, let’s catch up on the last few days. So my last post was on and about Thanksgiving. I had made it home and it was truly a wonderful and entertaining day. I got to see my family who i’d been missing while on the road, I had a friend over who didn’t have any plans for the day. I really love opening my door on Thanksgiving for other to join us, It has never failed to enrich my life by helping someone else.
After Thanksgiving, I hung around Yorktown, met with some old friends, helps some friends out and took care of some business. I even worked on Sandy, got her running good again and gave her a thorough bath to get rid of all that road salt we drove through during the snow storms. Then it was time to say good bye again and hit the road.
We left Yorktown Heights, NY and headed to Stamford, CT to say out good byes there. But these Good Byes were not the human kind, it was the dream kind. The ones you let go of so you can achieve another. At this time last year I was in full progression of Downsizing and Liquidating in preparation of moving aboard a 43′ Sail Boat in April. The deal was all but done on the sale of my businesses and I was packing up. By Feb 1, I’d be hold up in Vermont awaiting the day we closed on the Sail Boat and sailed her to Harbor View Marina in Stamford, CT some time in April. Well, if you have been following along from day one, you’d know that I mentioned this in the first post. That day never came and today; today was the day I said my official Good Byes.
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[pe2-image src=”http://lh6.ggpht.com/-zkIrXlYyEwU/Up6kiXKS12I/AAAAAAAAEtA/Bj351M_9Ojo/s144-c-o/1203131614.jpg” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/108131301217387227436/EastboundDay18#5953376667670075234″ caption=”Visiting Mystic so I must visit Mystic Pizza.” type=”image” alt=”1203131614.jpg” pe2_img_align=”right” pe2_large_limit=”false” ] So after we said our Good Byes in Stamford, CT we turned North / East (mostly East) and headed toward Mystic, CT. I simply love Mystic, CT so I stopped in town to visit for a while before making tracks for Narraganset, RI. And one can not go to Mystic, Ct without stopping by Mystic Pizza made famous by the movie by the same name. Once I was done with our photo ops, we were off to RI.
[pe2-image src=”http://lh5.ggpht.com/-U6W_fY9–yM/Up6kgECCTfI/AAAAAAAAEtA/7g-Hw015-CQ/s144-c-o/1203131347a.jpg” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/108131301217387227436/EastboundDay18#5953376628175425010″ caption=”” type=”image” alt=”1203131347a.jpg” pe2_img_align=”right” ] But wait, I said there were two Milestones today. So if one was saying good bye to a different dream, what’s the other… 6,000. Yes indeed, we are now 6,000 miles, 18 States and 2 Canadian Providences into our journey in a 35 year old bus and we are down to our final 3 days on the road for this trip. So hang on as we roll throughout New England here. Provincetown, RI is our goal for tomorrow before heading inland to our camp host.
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