Sunny Skies and Endless Roads

Hi this is Annette, thought I would add some to the blog here. 

We had quite a easy day yesterday with only 5 hours to drive it seemed a lot easier than the 7-8 or even 10 hours that we have done in the past few days.  As David said we miscalculated and it came as a shock to him that we were way ahead of schedule.  Math being David's strong point it came as a shock to him that he had made a mistake of such.  I was relieved though and as it slowly sunk in that we were closer to our new home the more excited we became.  As we have been driving across country it was sort of surreal that we were actually going to arrive somewhere.  We have organized the entire house from making notes and discussing where every piece of furniture is going.  How we are going to decorate, where the fountain will be situated, what to do with the garden are some of the topics also covered in great detail as the miles eat away.  One problem was that as we want to turn the garage into a cottage by next spring so that it can be rented where to put stuff that would normally go there.  We have decided that the garage (cottage) would be left empty, and the barn would be used for cars, tools and my studio.  The barn is in two parts, as you enter (which was the tack room) there is a concrete section to the left, that we will use for the cars and tools and to the right a dirt floor section (this was where the horses were kept) for my studio.  We will later plank and insulate that part so that we can put heat in for my studio.  We have so many plans and the property lends itself to lots of potential, now all we need is the time and the money.  It will not happen over night but we foresee great things for this little piece of land that will be our retirement haven. 

We are in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which is just outside of Boston.  We are going to Sowa Open Market in Boston this morning, and to look around before heading off to Bangor, Maine where we will stay tonight. 

We will take more pictures today to post later, the weather has been amazingly good.  With the average temperature in the high 20c's.  Poor Sammy though is not as keen on the heat as we are, and tends to seek shade at any opportunity.  He has become expert at arriving at Hotels and heading to his (our) room to check it out.  He usually dives into his dinner and then passes out,  which gives us time to go out for our own dinner before coming back to give him one last walk before dinner as the sun goes down and it cools off a little.  All the staff and guests love him, though he does get sick of everyone patting him on this head though, poor boy, but accepts it in good humor. 

Well better get dressed and get on with our day, sending lots of love to everyone.