Thursday January 8, 2009

 

 

Home From Maine

 

 

Cerwin had to remove a lot of snow and ice from our trusty CRV before it was ready for our trip this morning.

 

 

This was the view in front of us before leaving their driveway.

 

 

I looked back at the house and took this picture of Diane and Mark, just before she looked out the window and waved goodbye.

 

 

Route 1 was still snow-covered when we pulled out of their side road at 7:00 a.m.

 

 

Familiar Maine scenery

 

 

 

 

A car in front of us that was about to lose the layer of ice and snow it had accumulated overnight.

Several times we had to slow down to avoid getting hit by chunks of ice and snow that came off of cars and trucks. 

 

 

We had a forty-five minute drive in traffic like this, and think there was an accident or some kind of vehicle problem ahead.  At one point a police car went past us in the ditch in an effort to get to something that was happening, but we never did come upon the situation that caused this very slow moving traffic.

 

 

This dog in a car next to us also seemed to be curious about the traffic.

 

 

There were several areas where melting ice had refrozen into these pretty designs.

 

 

 

 

As we approached Connecticut, we began seeing ice-covered trees.

 

 

 

 

 

 

In one area, we could see that the ice was causing damage to the trees.

 

 

While listening to the news, we began hearing about powerlines that were down, and that lots of people were without electric.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We saw icy scenery through most of Connecticut.

 

 

 

 

We also drove through a short snowstorm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In New York we only saw ice in the higher elevations.

 

 

Thanks for your concern and prayers.  We had a good day.

 

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I was grateful for a break from the office (I mailed twenty-nine newsletters during November and December), and then there was the busy Christmas week.  Now I am ready to get back in my office and into a more normal routine tomorrow.

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