Couple of Coffees

Food and family

Time has blurred in the past few days. Probably due to the blurring of the windshield during several days of deluge. We've driven hours in the torrential downpours and flooding conditions on the East Coast, starting in South Carolina on Sunday and continuing yesterday during our adventure heading to Virginia. We had to take a several-hour detour yesterday around the D.C. metro area, due to a closure on I-95, during the downpour and rush hour, no less. When we pulled into my parents' driveway last night, the sound of rain was still pounding in my ears. Between the wind and the amount of water on the road, it took us both concentrating and switching driving shifts regularly to stay safe and focused. It was definitely the most stressful driving so far.

We spent two nights with Alex and Julie in Fayettville, North Carolina, and met their friends one night for Thai food. One afternoon for lunch, Jonathan and I checked out Smithfield's Chicken N Bar-B-Q in Fayettville and had delicious barbecue sandwiches, fries and banana pudding. We've been gorging on barbecue and sweet tea for the past few days, getting our fill literally of the south before heading to more northerly climes.

Alex and Julie have a great blog, Malleable Truth, and many of the posts are from when Alex was doing military duty in Iraq and Julie was in France for school. Alex is stationed at Ft. Bragg, and he and Julie finally get to live together this summer, even though they were married a year and a half ago. She'll return to school at the end of August.

Next up: New England. The photo is from St. Augustine, Florida.

posted by Laura the Writer @ 1:33 PM