Thanks to the discovery of a new route, we made it home in record time — thirteen hours, commencing about 10 p.m. last night in a cold, driving rain.\u00c2\u00a0 I wish I’d snapped a couple of pictures along the way, but for the first I didn’t reach my camera in time, and for the second, well, I was driving.<\/p>\n
Northern Indiana takes the prize for best Christmas decorations, in the stretch along Hwy. 31 from South Bend to Kokomo.\u00c2\u00a0 There were some businesses and residents who really went all-out, and it wasn’t tacky.\u00c2\u00a0 It was beautiful.\u00c2\u00a0 I admire the tractor dealer who actually put a life-size nativity scene on their lawn, and spelled out “Our Savior King” in lights across the roofline.<\/p>\n
These days, that takes some courage.<\/p>\n
Northern Kentucky had the most breathtaking sunrise this morning; leafless branches seemed to float up from a fog that drifted across rolling\u00c2\u00a0 pastures, as they sky cast pastel hues upon the scene.<\/p>\n
The worst visibility was a tie between northern Michigan (had the rain been snow, it would be measured in feet) and southern Kentucky, where the fog on the interstate was so dense that it looked very much like driving in a snowstorm.\u00c2\u00a0 Crossing Jellico Mountain, the sun shone as brightly as in July, and Tennessee looked as good to me as it ever has.<\/p>\n
It’s sure good to be home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Thanks to the discovery of a new route, we made it home in record time — thirteen hours, commencing about 10 p.m. last night in a cold, driving rain.\u00c2\u00a0 I wish I’d snapped a couple of pictures along the way, … Continue reading