Day 36: Rutland, MA

Stop 29 / State 17: Rutland, MA (finally!)

Today was a 140 mile hop via the New York Throughway and Mass Pike to Briar's house in Rutland, MA.  First (not so) major event was the state line.

We arrived at B&G's. We had stressed the whole trip over backing into the driveway ( the house is on Main Street (45 MPH and very busy). It ended up to be no problem at all. We came in from the Holden direction and turned into the bank lot across the street from Briar's where I was able to straighten out for the back into Briar's driveway. I had a couple of large orange flags sent to B&G's a couple of weeks ago. I'm sure that they were both embarrassed but, with Kristen wearing an orange vest (that we had to buy in Italy a few years ago in order to be compliant with the law) and carrying a flag and Briar carrying a flag, they stopped traffic while I backed across the road into the driveway.

The end result:

Maya and Nikos couldn't wait to get into the trailer:

 

They quickly discovered our stash of games and insisted on playing Scrabble (tough when your spelling is limited or non-existent.

 

Now that we're going to be stationary for a couple of weeks, I'll probably take a break from the blogging. We're thinking about running up to Maine for a couple of days, so of course, that will be reported if it happens.  More later!

-J-