September 12, 2009 9:10 PM

Well, we made it to Maine – barely!

Not once – but twice! We were cut off and almost pushed off the road. The first time was by a moving van that swerved in front of me in an effort to change lanes. Fortunately, the beeping of my horn brought him to his senses and I avoided being forced into the lane next to me and its oncoming cars.

But that was nothing compared to the second time. We were in a construction area so that there was no off road room at all! We were in the left hand lane when the tractor trailer (actually 2 trailers!) next two started to swerve to the left and push me into the guard rail. Fortunately, I was able to stop and avoid any problems. It turns out that this wasn’t his problem as another driver entered from a side road and cut him off leaving him with no choice but to hope that he could bear to the left without any repercussions!

Both times our hearts were in our throats. To think that I was on my way to my first real R&R after all that’s gone on and that I could have been wiped out in the process. That would have really been ironic!

But, in any case, God has seen to it that we made it! The place is physically remote – you travel down two dirt roads almost going to the end of the second one in order to get here! I thought that they had outlawed dirt roads years ago! It is also technologically remote. As I said before, there is no internet – so I am not sure on what day I will have the opportunity to actually publish this entry. There is also a television that, with any luck, gets two stations and one of them is PBS! From what I hear, the digital age has decreased the number of stations from about 6 to these remaining 2. The law of unintended consequences strikes one more time.

I am not knocking it, mind you. It is very, very, very quiet and peaceful. Right now we have a fire going in the wood stove and it is very toasty, comfortable, and it puts you in a world that is all your own. The chance to just literally get away from it all is great.

As a reminder, of course, we’ll miss none of our TV shows as they are all being properly recorded as the week goes by. So what technology takes away on the one hand, it gives back with the other!

Life is really, really good…

Bob