October 16, Monday
We drop Gwynne off at the Albuquerque airport around 6:00 and begin the long drive to Boston, where we will participate in the Brain Tumor Walk with Greg's brother Brett who is a survivor and other members of the Johnson clan.
Greg puts on his driver's hat, and drives and drives and drives. Beth navigates, works on the computer, sleeps a bit and takes in scenery through New Mexico, into Texas, then Oklahoma and Arkansas, where we catch some zzz's. Windfarms, corn, cotton, cattle, hay... Flat, flat, flat.
Tuesday we reach Missouri about 7:30 AM, past Boston Mountain, then into Illinois, and Indiana with a stop at Newcastle Walmart, home of the Indiana Hoosier Basketball Hall of Fame. Lots of corn fields across the country; some harvested, some not yet.
Wednesday, into Ohio. Gas continues to inch upward in price. The only constant other than corn and truck traffic is road and bridge repairs. We squeak through the north west corner of PA, past lots of wineries around Erie and into New York. We are seeing some Fall colors, though it looks like it is past peak time in western NY, and we stop for the night at Cobleskill NY Walmart (Hey! We've been here before after visiting Cooperstown.) Very foggy Thursday morning, as we take the Mass Pike across this beautiful state. A little more color in the trees here. We stop for a gym visit, lunch and an oil change in Reading before heading to Brett & Dave's in North Reading.
Greg takes a series of Windshield Photos, as we move across the country, staying at friendly Walmarts.
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