End of the Road

Today would be our final day on the road.  Last night the rains continued and it was still overcast this morning, but the forecast was for some improvement.  With the Model A’s packed, we stopped for gas before hitting the road.

The past two days we added a little extra traveling time to our driving and as a result, we are left with a relatively short day to reach home.  We have traveled to the Kingston/Rhinebeck area of NY many times and one of the routes we like driving is through the upper part of Connecticut. 

For the first part of the day we mostly followed some of the route we took on our first day.  The traffic was light and the ride was very pleasant as we enjoyed the scenery of eastern NY.  We passed through some very quaint Victorian era towns.  Many of the towns were all dressed up for their Fourth of July celebrations.

Crossing the Hudson River, it was noticeably muddier than when we crossed last week.  I guess all the rain was washing sediment into the river.  The other thing we noticed was no buzzing of the Cicadas in the woods. Boy what a racket they made.

I was lucky today and didn’t get involved with any detours.  After a short stop for a break somewhere in Connecticut, Wayne took the lead position and guided us the rest of the way home.  Boy did it feel strange to be in the pack and having a Model A to follow.

The rural CT roads were very pleasant and the weather was cooperating with no rain and some occasional sun.

We had a final “ceremonial” lunch stop and then one by one we broke off for the final ride to our homes. 

We traveled 178 miles today, so you can see it was a short driving day.  The total mileage for the trip was just a little over 2000 miles.  This was Andy's first long Model A tour and he and his 1930 Tudor handled the trip nicely.  The Model A's of the Linden's and Champagne's were trouble free, only Mike had a to do a repair of the the headgasket, but that was a straight forward repair.

Hudson River

Wayne in the Lead