Richert and Bruce at Jeff's in NC

Greetings from NYC. If you had to travel at all in the Northeast you know or at least may have read what a nightmare that was on the Sunday after Thanksgiving. My friend Bruce and I were traveling to NC to visit his daughter and her husband outside of Chapel Hill. Jeff and Mary Ann had graciously invited us to stop over and spend Sunday night with them before heading on to Chapel Hill on Monday. As the initial drive to NC was supposed to be around 6 hours from MD we were thrilled. A 6 hour drive became 11 hours with I-95 more like a parking lot than an interstate. However, we had left early so even with all the rain and long drive we arrived at Jeff's at 8pm. We couldn't have asked for a warmer welcome. I don't eat much red meat anymore, but we had the most amazing steaks, with plenty of wine before and during dinner finished off by some wonderful port. Jeff's daughter and her 2 children were stranded by the weather also so Sunday night was like a great big slumber party. We had a beautiful room on the second floor and the next morning there was a great healthy breakfast of oatmeal cereal and fresh fruit. It was like staying in a very fancy European hotel. It was great to visit with Jeff and Mary Ann for a second time this year and to meet his lovely daughter Caroline and his 2 grandchildren. We stayed up talking over much wine and good company and slept like logs. The next morning we made our way along the second leg of our journey. I cannot express enough gratitude to Jeff and Mary Ann and Caroline for making us feel so welcome and hope I have the opportunity to do the same for them sometime in NYC. I'm going to try to post this slide show, and if it doesn't work, I'll put it in another post.