First day of travelling
Monday, October 2nd, 2006
Written on 10-01-06:
Well, it’s been an interesting day. I got up at 7:00, packed the rest of my stuff. It went pretty well for the most part, but I did end up finding out that my bike rack wouldn’t work, so I had to leave my bike behind. I’m not sure what I’m going to do with it yet. I hit the road at 9:30 or so. After that it was about 6 hours of pure highway goodness. There was a huge amount of rain. Every car had a rooster tail behind it, so I tried to stay in the slow lane with only one lane of cars beside me. In a couple of spots I thought we might all have to pull over and let it pass, but that turned out to be unnecessary.
I got onto the cross sounds ferry at 5:30 and that took about an hour and a half to get me to Orient Pt. Long Island. Unfortunately, someone managed to down some high tension wires and the only road out is completely stopped. So, here I sit, trying to make a decent post. sitting in a cramped car isn’t the best for writing, but I’m doing my best. Interestingly enough, many people are actually turning around and driving the other way. It doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, though, considering there’s absolutely nothing back the other way. Maybe they’re going back to the ferry terminal. I’m really not sure. I really wonder what’s going to happen when the next ferry gets in. There are a few more due in any time.
Every once in a while a car will go by in the other direction, giving me a glimmer of hope. Unfortunately, it looks like it’s all just local traffic.
7:40PM There’s thunder and lighting every once in a while. I’m hoping I don’t have to roll up my windows. The breeze is definitely a help.
7:45PM Here comes the rain. Blast.
7:53PM I win my first game of computer chess. The lightning is increasing in frequency
Sidenote: I really wish I had a backlit keyboard. I also wish someone around here would be kind enough to have an open wi-fi access point for me to steal access from.
Update:
Everything started moving at about 8:55. I got into East Hampton at 11:30