Livin’ on the road my friend, was supposed to make you free and clean,
But now you wear your skin like iron,
And your breath’s as hard as kerosene…
Townes Van Zandt
“Pancho and Lefty”
I can’t really say our skin’s like iron, nor our breath like kerosene, but the road is taking it’s toll on us. It’s ironic, because we have really just now gotten into a rhythm of travelling- starting, stopping, packing, unpacking, etc.
And if we were planning to continue this way for some undetermined time, we could make it work. But we’re getting antsy to make our way to our new home, and start settling in. We want to begin our new routines for daily life.
To that end, we are going to forego any major sightseeing we might have been considering, and make a three day push for Salem. (See the “Where We Are” page for routing details)
So this blog will most likely go dark for a little while, unless some fantabulously cool thing comes across our path. And once we get to the new boat, we’ll shift from ‘travel commentary’ to ‘This is Our New Life’ commentary.
See you then!
*** I don’t want it to sound like we are miserable- the seafood here in Maryland and Delaware is FANTASTIC. We had the best crabcakes we’ve ever eaten last night, and the oysters at lunch yesterday were unbelievably good. And the black drum filet. And the scallops. Soft shell crab sandwich for lunch today!
Poor us!
Hahah! I feel you on the occasional travel fatigue.
I can’t wait for mom to meet Gabrielle! The suspense is real. Safe driving- especially through Pennsylvania where the roads are just extended potholes.
Dang, Kayla- you weren’t kidding about the roads in PA were you? I was afraid our little trailer was going to die there. NY and CN were a little better, but not much. We’ll see how MA is tomorrow as we make the final push to Gabrielle!