May 22 Still in Albany

Spent another full day waiting for results, Julian, owner of Night Owl Truck repair, is in contact with our extended warranty people. Hopefully parts will arrive today and we can be on our way later today.

This is hardest place to navigate that I have ever been to.... all the streets curve around and change names, plus I haven;t been able to find a good detailed city map. Trying to find the repair shop has been a nightmare, too. I followed the tow truck on Monday morning in the rain, instead of letting Alvin drive so that I could watch for landmarks and turns. It all looks totally different with the sunshine and sitting in the passenger seat.

We've crossed the Hudson River twice by mistake and there is NO WAY to get back to the place we made the wrong turn without making a 5 mile circle. AND, you can't see more than 20 feet in any direction, tall building, overhead expressways, toll roads, railroads tracks, and parking lots everywhere. I'm longing to return to the wilderness.

Temp reached 90° yesterday afternoon with humidity near 75% before the thunderstorms rolled in. Hard rain only lasted about 10 minutes, but really cooled things down. Thunder boomed most of the night and rain poured for several hours.

I utilized the indoor swimming pool for a while last night. Had the room all to my self, very relaxing and seemed to help me sleep. Remembrance of late night swims in my back yard pool, floating on my back and stargazing, especially after coming home from night classes at UTPB while working on my Masters. Arcturus reaching zenith was my cue to get out of the water, pretty close to midnight, and I would be sufficiently pruned and very relaxed.

Called Vermont state police this more for information on highways. Once I described our vehicle he averred Route 4 without any hesitation. I queried "No steeps hills and sharp curves"? Again a very positive reply, so Route 4 it will be.  

Used the business center to catch up on 2 days of printing Numbrix Puzzles last night, printed today's during breakfast. Also printed Google maps for the last leg of our journey to Quechee SP. I figure as much as this room costs per night we should make use of every facility. Even though we get an AARP discount, by the time all the taxes and fees are added, price is more than the original rate.