{"id":18822,"date":"2015-01-05T23:16:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T05:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/?p=18822"},"modified":"2015-01-05T23:16:00","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T05:16:00","slug":"dark-start-dark-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2015\/01\/05\/dark-start-dark-finish\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark start-Dark finish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today was the drive home\u2026 we didn\u2019t get up real early but did get started before the <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>sun<\/strong> came up..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/SAM_2129.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_2129\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAM_2129\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/SAM_2129_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C481\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And this was after a <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>stop<\/strong> at Mickey-D\u2019s for breakfast\u2026 I know not the best stuff but it was handy, easy and cheap\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>On our way out of the area we did <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>stop<\/strong> at the \u201cwindmill farm\u201d\u2026 seems it is a private collection and the guy has a <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>lot<\/strong> to look at.. someday we may have to <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>stop<\/strong> by and have him explain them all\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2635.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_2635\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2635\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2635_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C481\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2627.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_2627\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2627\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2627_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C481\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2624.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_2624\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2624\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2624_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C481\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We did make <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>one<\/strong> <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>stop<\/strong> in Simla so Sherrie could get the lumbar pillows out\u2026 they do help..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/SAM_2132.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_2132\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAM_2132\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/SAM_2132_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C481\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We stopped here but I think the Laundromat ahs been closed for a very long time?&#160; <\/p>\n<p>We&#160; zipped <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>right<\/strong> along and the road was clear but I could see that it had been packed, <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>snow<\/strong> wise and a <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>lot<\/strong> of signs of people spun off in the median of the interstate\u2026&#160; One other observation was that the temps in CSprings when we left were near 32deg\u2026 by the <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>time<\/strong> we hit Burlington it was 14deg?&#160; what&#8217;s up with that? 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