Priceless Weekend

The best way to describe my weekend trip to Ticonderoga, NY is with the Mastercard commercial formula:

Dayton to Ticonderoga: 750 miles, 18 hours, 2 snowstorms, 3:30 - 6 a.m. layover at a service plaza on the NY turnpike trying to sleep while bent up like a pretzel and interrupted by the beep beep beep of the backhoe shoveling the parking lot . . .

Ferry across Lake Champlain on Saturday for dinner in Middlebury, VT for prime rib at Fire & Ice, one of my favorite restaurants ever: wow, sticker shock, but worth every penny!

Ticonderoga to Dayton: 750 miles, 12 hours, clear roads, a bit of snow spray around Erie, PA, and very little traffic

Two minutes with Aaron on Saturday night: priceless!

WRITING UPDATE: Thursday or Friday will be my writing day this week. I need to enter my book proposal online asap for the writers conference I'll attend in April, so that is what I plan to work on, Deo Volente.

Thanks for checking in on me!  

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