Well, things didn’t “go as planned“. Turns out the car wasn’t ready until after 7:00 PM and at that point I figured I’d do another night and dinner with the family and get a start the next day. But, paradoxically, I decided to NOT try to get an early start. Or rather I told myself, if I wake up at like 4:00 AM, I’ll leave then, otherwise, I’ll take my time. So, sometime around 12:30 PM I was finally off.

This was of course after stepping in some cat vomit I had to clean up. Then nearly falling down the last steps into the garage. And then, I must have left a door ajar for too long, but a weak battery I had to jump. Was the Universe trying to tell me something? If so, I wasn’t listening.

I decided for a few reasons to take a trip through the Southern Tier of New York with a stop or two along the way. Well it was more of a “roll-by” of SUNY Cortland, my wife’s alma mater. I had only been there once so I sort of wanted to see it again and take a photo or two. But given I know nothing about the campus and it was cold out, simply took photos from the phone mounted in the car.

From there it was backroads to I-86. Which is where I am now, at a Burger King in Seneca nation. I’m real close to a casino and tempted, but I think I’ll get more miles under my belt tonight.

I’d post some photos, but so far they haven’t synched to my cloud account. I’ll work on that.

So, 8+ hours into my journey I still haven’t left New York yet, but… I’m ok with that. I’m really trying to relax and so far it’s mostly working.