Reminder Regarding Daily Pages

For those of you who receive e-mails regarding updates, you may not be receiving daily pages updates. I receive an email if I have posted a "post" but not if I have posted a "page." If you're viewing on something other than a phone, you're likely to see a new daily page. But if you look on your phone only, you may not see the daily posts in the form of pages. If you're in this boat, somewhere on your mobile blog site, you should see a link to the "web version" of the blog. This shows the pages over on the right hand side of the blog. Each day (or every couple of days), I post a page related to that day/s ride/s. 

Resuming Ride October 28!

I'm headed back out on the road Monday, October 28. Because of the trip interruption, we have made some itinerary adjustments. Consequently, I am removing the prelim schedule that we had posted previously. 

We are picking up the last third of the ride on a date very similar to where I would have been if I had been riding all along. I've ridden the first third (approximately). I will be riding the last third, ending in Key West as planned the week before Thanksgiving. 

My plan is to try to ride as much of North and South Carolina and Georgia as I can late fall and winter. In Spring we plan to head to Connecticut and ride down to North Carolina, finishing the middle third.

Our hearts are full with the love and support we have felt over the last few weeks surrounding the illness and death of DL's dad. He will be missed. 

We're excited to head South and share our adventures. I'm sure come loading-up-and-heading-to-Savannah time, we'll hum "On the Road Again" at least once.

Thanks, y'all, for hanging in there!

Trip Interruption Update

Loyal followers and barely interested alike...

I woke up with horrible vertigo this morning. Nausea and then, naturally, vomiting. We had plans for the evening to see our dear friends LeeAnne Hutchison and Grant Neale. Alas 7up and saltines are my fine cuisine today.

DL reserved our current campsite for another night, knowing I should not ride tomorrow. 

In the meantime, DLs dad has become much sicker. Hospice comes in the morning. We've decided it’s best to postpone the rest of the trip for now. 

Plans, as we know, are just that. If able, we'll start afresh in a few weeks back up here in New Jersey. Or we’ll start farther south and come back to pick up this part in the spring. Whether or not I can travel in a car tomorrow remains to be seen. Meclizine and Epley Maneuver on board. Much better this afternoon. Even had some soup. 

Our plan is to be home in a couple of days. Playing it by ear from there.

Rest assured, we'll let y'all know when we're back up and running.

Another Update: 2 October

Niantic, CT

Today started as many days start: Coffee and a Nature Valley Oats n Honey Granola Bar. Then I received a text from our host that she had left homemade blueberry scones with some maple butter in the kitchen and to help myself. Wow emoji! So I made another cup of coffee and had an absolutely delicious blueberry scone.

Today was the first day that I had to ready the camper for a trip by myself. Moreover, put it on the trailer hitch and drive it out of the yard, out of the driveway, and drive to Niantic. The driving part is not the problem. I had a pull-through (thank Goodness) reserved, so all good. This is also the first time I have had to set up totally by myself. It all worked out nicely. I never once have taken all the work that DL does in this adventure for granted. Never once. Today reminded me why I don't.

It was one of the hottest days I've had. There were records set here in Connecticut. Here, the weather station said it was 87, feels like 89. The car said 96 when Jack and I arrived, and 90 when I returned from a little shopping expedition to Mystic. Tomorrow's high is supposed to be 58. What a difference a day makes. (Understand, Georgia friends, I am not trying to compare the heat to your daily experiences. The local TV weather people were commenting that they thought beach-going weather had come to an end, and fall temps were likely here to stay. I wonder when we can say that back home.)

I visited the Olde Mistick Village in Mystic this afternoon. We had looked all over Connecticut for a souvenir shop, and had yet to find one. Today's visit accomplished my goal. The "shoppes" in the Village were as one might expect. As usual, I made sure to snap a pic with a whatever. In this case a gnome. When I came back to Roxy and looked at the picture, I realized he really did look like he might be after me. I had taken the attack photo first to send to my dear friend who is no friend of the gnome. If one notices the hand reaching out, one can see how there may be something to that distrust.

A nice light rain has been falling off and on, and the temp is delightful tonight. I was hoping to cycle around tomorrow, but I believe the rain is going to keep me from that exploration.

Trip Update: Tuesday, 1 October

The forward progress is on hold, and we hope that is temporarily. A family emergency required her to fly back to Atlanta, at least for a few days. Jack, Mel and Roxy, and I are awaiting news as to our options.

This was a possibility we recognized before we started.. We knew it could happen, and we hoped that it wouldn't. We hope to re-start the ECG riding soon. I'm also looking at places I can park, ride part of a section, and then back to the car. Then the next day go to the end of that section and ride to the place where I stopped the day before, and double back.

I did make good use of the access to seafood today. That was a great choice. Here is an oyster po-boy at a restaurant in Stratford. The oysters were delicious.