Traveling

Time spent in the car traveling lately has always been about either getting there or getting back. Coming home from northern Mass today I decided to try to look at in a different way. Instead of punching in home on the GPS and going with "fastest time" I decided that we should take the roundabout way home. There is so much more of this country to see if you can stay off of the highways for a while. We got to travel through some quaint little New England towns on the way home. Went down lots of little twisty turny roads and even ended up on one Vermont road that isn't even paved! The other thing we concentrated on was talking. It is too easy to just turn on the radio and ignore the passenger when you are hurrying from point A to point B. It is nice to have a captive audience for a few hours. It is nicer still to BE a captive audience for a few hours. I realize when we are in the car talking that I listen alot more because I am not headed off to another room or to another chore. Even with the rain and lack of visibility the ride was wonderful because of the company.

Until then...