morning. In the early going we (at least I) though this was much ado about
nothing. At one knot pushing us to the east, the stream wasn't much worse
than the vague currents we've had pushing us one way or the other the whole
trip. But as we got further into the stream, it reached up to 4 knots to
the east - I was impressed. Now we're out of the stream so our speed
toward Newport has picked up a bit, but the wind has eased to about 10
knots so we're not burning up the highways. Our best guess for arrival is
still sometime between midnight on Friday and noon on Saturday, with the
odds favoring Saturday morning, the day our daughter Maggie was born some
38 years ago.
The lightning last night was really impressive. Giant forks of lightning
lit up the sky. Sometimes there were multiple strikes within a second or
two, sounding like the grand finale on the 4th of July. We could watch
with awe and not too much worry because the storm was 20 miles away. It
was by far the biggest thunderstorm I've ever seen, it lasted all night,
and I'm glad we weren't in it.
As I write this we have 238 miles to go.
Nick Sr 5/26/11 4:45 PM
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