Stage II - In Ct.

Umpa flew down to join me for the RV ride back to Ct. - We mounted the car on the Dolly, prep the RV and hit the road.  We make out about an hour - then someone drove by and made frantic hand motions, we'd blown one of the tires on the dolly.  We stopped and I dismounted the car - and drove on to the next exit.  There was a Wal-Mart in front of a big RV park.  They had a big automotive section with a whole section of Trailer tires - but they were a full size bigger than the blown one.  So I bought 2 - on rims and went back.  Amazingly it only took 45 minutes to be back on the road.  We made it through Florida and Georgia, and stopped at a Wal-mart to sleep about midnight.. We forgot to leave the ignition or the generator on so it would run the furnace (until about 3am) so it was chilly .  Up at 8, check the dolly, winter treated the water system and off we went.  Turns out we passed pretty close to West End (Hi, Uncle Ronnie, Hi Aunt Joanie)  - and then on to DC (Hi, Aunt Dawn) and made it into New Jersey. Found another Wal-mart - ran the generator and Furnace for the night - and was home in Ct by 12:30.

All is well - but snow is deep.  N. is upset I am stealing Mom away for Stage III.  Pastor Darr has allowed me to stash the Camper in the Church lot for a few days, until the driveway improves.  Still need to get a snow tire for the Mazda - They are an odd size and don't seem to be carried any more.

Nervous - hate making yet another fresh start and first impression.  And realizing the I'll be even further away, the time changes (and altitude) will drive that home.

And there are always extra expenses in starting up in a new place - that is stressful as well.