There is life besides Boatin!

So, after sitting around all day, every day, We decided it was time for a "road trip". We rented a car  and decided to go back to New York to see the snow. So this is the snow we drove 845 miles to see. But the trip had benefits. We got to see the grandchildren, too.  Needless to say, they were suprised. A 14 hour drive if I wanted to do it non-stop. We stopped every couple of hours in search of a real Dunkin'Donuts. I just wanted a medium French Vanilla coffee. Is that too much to ask?! So when going north, the closest Dunkin'Donuts was Virginia. About 5 miles off of I-95.  Once I had a French Vanilla coffee, I was good for another few hours of driving. Next Dunkin'Donuts was New Jersey. So It is roughly 250 miles between coffee stops. Keep this in mind if you like Dunkin'Donuts coffee.

Once we got home, we found out that Kayla was going to build a car for the Friday Night Grand Prix races at the Grace Fellowship Church. Not one to miss a race, I decided, with the help of the grandkids to build a car, too.  This is the car that I built for the race. One comment was "It looks like a rolling aquarium".  It had sand, surf, turtles, fishes,  plenty of sea shells and a palm tree on it.  It didn't win the race, but it sure looked nice (slowly) going down the long wooden track.
This is Kayla's car . Yes, her car was pretty, yes her car was fast... but not one Palm tree! There ought to be a law.

 The track
The
drivers
The winners.

So after a week back home, we saw the snow, we checked the house, we saw the kids, we ran a race. With everything done, we got back in the car and headed back south to Dunkin' Donuts for a French Vanilla coffee and to the boat. We were back at 3AM.  Life aboard a boat is sometimes getting off the boat and going back home.