A man we visited with for a short time yesterday said there was a nor'easter blowing in. It came . Woke up to heavy rain. The drops weren't especially big but there were lots of them. Not a bad temperature either: 50. And it was windy.
So the drive through the rest of Maine was with much attentiveness. It wasn't horrible. There weren't gusts of wind blowing us around or pockets of water on the road that seem to send the car either right or left. The rain was lighter by New Hampshire - which was only 12 miles long at this point. We left the rain several miles into Massachusetts.
The issue today was tolls. We paid $1 just before entering New Hampshire, and $4 just after entering New Hampshire, and $2 just before entering Massachusetts.
We stopped at a visitor center just inside Massachusetts and in talking with a lady found out that as of 5pm today no one will pay cash. EVERYONE is supposed to have an EZPass box that a sensor will read.
Well, Chuck researched for over an hour trying to find out how this effects tourists like us. The lady at the visitor center said that it was a mess and it seems to be. Chuck tried calling a number that was for paying your bill and got a fast busy signal. Does this remind you of another government idea that we all had to be a part of?
We arrived in Boston at about 11:30 but didn't get to our motel - just south of Boston until noon. We thought of our friends that have various travel fears when we went from driving over a very cool bridge to being under ground, driving 55 mph in 4 lanes of traffic. We are such a well matched pair - Chuck is an awesome navigator and Karen is learning to trust and follow directions.
Well so many things have happened on this trip that could be seen as "coincidence " but with what happened today we have to know: 1) God is in control and, 2) He is guiding us. As was written before we drove in Boston for 30 minutes. After arriving at the motel we checked to see where the Calvary Chapel is here. It is 3.5 miles , 7 minutes away. We will be going to church Sunday.
No pictures this wet, driving day.