{"id":100294,"date":"2026-09-27T03:38:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T10:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=100294"},"modified":"2026-10-07T08:01:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T15:01:57","slug":"day-4-on-the-road-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=100294","title":{"rendered":"Day 4 – On The Road Again!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Mary planned to head to school early for what was apparently a very important fancy breakfast with her classmates. Meanwhile, Robin and I planned to stay behind to handle the glamorous behind-the-scenes work: packing everything up, eating breakfast, and cramming our belongings into the car. Basically, ten pounds of bags in a five-pound car. We challenged the laws of physics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mary was off and running at 7:00 a.m., bright-eyed and breakfast-bound, while we stayed back to finish packing our traveling circus. Of course, breakfast was mandatory \u2014 we needed to fuel up for the next four hours of driving, navigating, and pretending the car wasn\u2019t completely stuffed to the roof. Pound car. Physics was not on our side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I checked the weather reports, and it looks like we\u2019ll miss the storm \u2014 but only by the kind of tiny margin that makes you question your life choices. We\u2019ll get some rain on the way to Dover, but thankfully it should be mostly light, with mild winds and, hopefully, no dramatic, movie-style windshield moments.<\/p>\n\n\n

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My French Toast was almost too pretty to eat!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Robin was perky this morning after another good night’s sleep, including a late-night nap by the lobby fireplace.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Just before we got up to leave, Robin’s new best friend came to the table to review today’s plans. While I don’t speak fluent lobster, I think he wanted to come with us!<\/p>\n\n\n

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It was OK with me, but he had to share the driving on the way to Colleen’s home!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

After breakfast, we returned to the room with a suitcase caddy because we had so many bags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trip took four hours, half in OK weather and half in a rainstorm.<\/p>\n\n\n

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We got to Colleen’s place around 4:45 pm, and then all the grandkids showed up with their favorite pizzas. We spent two hours catching up before heading to The Silver Fountain Inn, just two miles from Colleen’s home.<\/p>\n\n\n

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We arrived on time. The kids are on h their favorite pizzas. Colleen was happy to see us.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Colleen and Mary have become great friends!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The kids started arriving, and dinner was getting ready! We had a plethora of food, and the pizzas ranged from cheese to jalape\u00f1o! Jon (our grandson) and Sarah (his bride) were busy in the kitchen!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meanwhile, Mary was visiting everyone. There was so much action that I forgot to take many pictures!!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Before going to our inn and getting some well-deserved rest, we did a group picture (courtesy of Mark.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Quite a gaggle. Two kids, three grandkids, four great-grandkids! We keep getting larger!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

We went to the inn, thanks to Mark and Jon, who hefted the suitcases up the steep staircase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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