We’re in another of the many “stupid” construction traffic jams we’ve encountered on this trip. We’ve been inching through this one for over an hour and have moved about 2 miles. Incredibly poor planning. Four lanes from two freeways merging into two lanes then merging into one lane, but with an “exit only” lane for about 1 1/2 miles creating yet another merge. Someone in the PA Dept of Highways should have to drive that for eternity.

We actually had one day on Thursday at the beach at Hammonasset with enough sun to get most everyone sunburnt. It was a nice day at the beach followed by some fabulous pizza. Yesterday we went to the famous Book Barn, followed by Mystic Seaport and then a visit with Pete and Maureen. The day was capped off by a huge thunderstorm.

But not like the devastating storm that hit southern Pocatello yesterday. We’ve heard reports of some serious damage in the area. Our house is unscathed, and we’re thankful. This has been a very strange Spring and Summer.

The campground in Connecticut had WiFi. However, it was set up with some default settings and broadcasting on channel 6. Two other wireless access points showed up last night, also broadcasting on channel 6 and all three stepping on each other. That ended wireless connections. Thankfully we had 3G cellphone data connection. Now if AT&T ever gets their tethering act together, I’ll not be dependent on dumb setups like at our campground.

We’re about a hundred miles from Daryl’s. Wagons Ho!