Our journey begins

Quick entry; late evening.

We checked out of our apartment and left Arlington, VA a little later than we planned (as always). Crazy amount of stuff to pack. Next time we'll pack for 2 weeks, instead of thinking of the whole 6 weeks. We forgot to put our memory foam mattress topper in our UAB shipment to post, so we had to make room for it in the car. When you're leaving for good, you have to take it all. Thank goodness for split folding rear seats. Amazing packing job, if I do say so myself.

Drove about 300 miles today, passed through Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut. (They make states small in the east.) Spent $29.30 in tolls for roads, bridges, and tunnels. (Compare to: spent $3.00 on lunch.)  The funny thing about tolls: we remember when we were younger, tolls were 25¢ or 75¢ and you would toss the coins into a big basket and you drove past the booth. So I planned ahead and got a couple rolls of quarters for the trip. But now the tolls are between $2 and $9. And they don't seem to like that many quarters!

Currently in Danbury, CT.  Hardly any traffic congestion. Worst was toll booth and just after, going onto George Washington bridge into New York City. Saw the NYC skyline from a distance. The GPS that came with our car was very helpful. We just went where it told us to, and got here just fine. Amazed at how green it is, how many trees we've seen along the way. We expected solid concrete and buildings. Refreshing surprise.

Visited with Annalicia, met the family she nannies for. Had a light, late supper.

Gotta get some sleep now. Happy Cinco de Mayo.