Another Seven Hour Drive: Darien to Chautauqua Lake

A restless night, as I stayed up too late last night watching the Stanford/Virginia Tech game with Ramiro.  It was hard to get to sleep and I keep waking up.  Get over it.  Both Evie and I were up at 5:45, rare for her, so we beat all the Albarrans up, though Rami woke soon after us.  The weather looks as if it will be fine, just an inch of so of snow along the way, nothing severe. The high is going to be in the high 30's in Darien, probably the low 30's in Chautauqua.  Let's hope the weatherman's accurate for once.
We have had a great stay here, especially having the Bissell's for a couple of days but we have to head home even though the kids keep begging us to stay longer. It's nice. Beth's been too nice to us, taking Evie shopping, making sure I have various healthy living goodies in my travel bag.  Leaving is always bitter sweet for us.  We miss the lake, but will miss the family as well.  Things change; nothing stays the same.  You have to move on.  Vacations end.  Grandchildren grow up.  I don't like it.  Get used to it.

I am now at the lake, an easy drive, with little if any snow not only in the air but on the ground.  I thought there would be alot more snow at the lake but we can actually see the lawn in some places, though the lake is frozen, and we saw fisherman walking out to various spots.  Cross country skiing tomorrow!  The ride was easy, took us just about 7 hours, as we went the long way, through Danbury but there was little if any traffic.  All seems well at the house, we got the mail, lots of cards and magazines and bills, to keep us occupied for a few days.  It was a great two weeks with our families.