Approach the New Year with resolve to find the opportunities hidden in each new day
Micheal Josephson
We are up before dawn, very excited to get a jump on the day. Even this rain, will not dampen our spirits! We had an early border crossing into the US. at Houlton, Maine the start of the I-95 (at least from the North).
Before you knew it, we were in temperatures of 15-16 degrees Celsius. Our original plan for today was to get to Augusta, Maine, and try to push further to get closer to the snow line. However, with these temperatures it changes the driving force. We made it through Maine; crossed the New Hampshire border; through Massachusetts, (too late we realized the Patriots were playing today) and called it night in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. Home for the night was the Cracker Barrell parking lot. (4 State Borders today!)
Day Two on the I-95 First border Connecticut, then New York State, Things definitely got a little bit dicey as we drove by the Bronx as the traffic was crazy! But hey, we got to see the iconic skyline of New York City. Took the New Jersey Turnpike (expensive but worth it!) through Newark, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (took pictures of the Eagles stadium) Maryland, Baltimore, Washington and finally stopped at the Green Belt National Park. (6 Borders today!) Jo’s nerves were rubbed right raw, and she wasn’t driving.! Albeit this was the end of the I-95 as far as Jo was concerned.
With the uncommonly warmer weather, we decided to change our plans and head west towards Tennessee and no longer south on the 1-95.