Because of the forecast we have accelerated our departure from tomorrow to today. We drove to Albany late this afternoon after getting haircuts (very important) which leaves us with a much shorter drive tomorrow to Niagara Falls. The driving wasn't great, but we've seen and driven through much worse.It was just the right amount of snow to coat the trees and create that wonderful Rockwellian New England winter wonderland.
Our new Volvo wagon arrived two days ago and we are enjoying it immensely. It's painted "flamenco red", so we will need to remember that when searching the parking lot. Bob ordered it with just about every option possible. What is it about men and toys? There are voice controls for the radio, the telephone, the GPS system, and all of the car's settings. The cruise control adapts itself to the speed of traffic flow. There is a light to tell you when a car is in your blind spot, and beeps to tell you if you stray over a line without signaling. There is a rearview camera, and when you park, there are green, orange, and red lights surrounding the image of the car to tell you how close you are to the curb and other cars. There is so much more technology than the 11-year-old model we traded in that it will probably take us all 2736 miles to Tucson to figure it out. And of course it has the turbo engine option. Bob was unable to resist it.
We learned that there are no Starbucks headed west on the Mass. Pike.
The heaviest snow was between Worcester and Springfield, and then it steadily tailed off. By the time we reached Albany it wasn't snowing and there was perhaps an inch on the ground. Neither Buffalo nor Niagara Falls was forecast to get any snow at all!
We hope our friends back in Acton don't have too much snow to deal with. We are glad to be on the road and looking forward to the days to come!
Today's blog entry was brought to you by the letters S and T. S is for Snow and Starting our trek. T is for Turbo and Testosterone.
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