Pleasantly Sidetracked

So yesterday did not prove to be as fruitful distance-wise as we had hoped.  After braving the streets of D.C. (which was a piece of cake compared to driving through the Bronx), we began cruising along feeling accomplished and as if we’d left the traffic behind us.

But we were wrong.

Somewhere outside of Baltimore we hit a monster traffic jam, and after an hour on the road we had traveled a grand total of eight miles.  Eight miles. Just before the extreme boredom/claustrophobia set in we were freed from the gridlock (which was caused by some minor road construction) and we set forth on our adventure slightly behind schedule.

Then our journey found its way to a Civil War battlefield in Sharpsburg, MD, not because we had planned it that way but because we just couldn’t resist.  It was a worthwhile detour, however, and we found ourselves not wanting to leave the rolling hills and charming small towns that surrounded us.

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