On the Road Again...

Ned @ The Delaware Water Gap, November 2010

Nothing much that I like better than getting in the car for a road trip. My favorite trip is to Central PA. Ned and I left Jim's @ 5:15 a.m. on Tuesday. There is always a sense of adventure @ the beginning of a drive. The anticipation of getting to Nonna's is full of this excitement. We left as early as we did so that we could get through the city before the real traffic insanity started. Even with this, there are a couple of spots that are so congested, that I don't even like the radio on when I am trying to maneuver through them!

We stopped @ the Delaware Water Gap rest area. The day was foggy, grey and damp. When you stand on the strip of beach @ the water's edge, the cars are loudly hissing by on the highway behind you. They all have a destination in mind and are heading toward it @ great speed. On this strangely warm November day however, the sound of the traffic was somehow muted by the sight of this silent, steady stream of water. Wide, shallow and peaceful from where I stood, it crept along with a purpose known only to itself.  It was mesmerizing. I thought of the centuries of people who had come before me and who had stood where I was standing.  I wondered about what they had thought when looking at this gorgeous gift called river.

Expect good things....