[the sign in the picture says Welcome to Vermont-- a new state for us on this trip]What a night! FINALLY left our last delivery at 8pm and then had 2 hour drive on basically a county road in New Hampshire. Would have been picturesque and quaint in the daylight- but was mostly tiring at night. Anyway we lucked into getting a door at Stonyfield as soon as we arrived and then we slept nearly 3 hours while they loaded the trailer with yogurt bound for the bay area. At 1:30 am EDT we were on our way and decided to go just into Connecticut-about 2 hours away.
After our nap we were both plenty alert for the drive but glad to finally arrive at the exit for the truck stop. It was quite dark and I remarked that it would be hard to find this place if you didn't know where you were going. It didn't click for either of us until we were all the way into the parking lot that the darkness was due to a power outtage- the truckstop was at at standstill. Good news- we could park for free- bad news- we couldn't fuel up and we didn't have enough fuel to run the engine (and the air conditioning) for the rest of the night. We parked, ran the AC on full blast for about 10 minutes and then shut down the engine and hoped we would fall asleep before the truck got too hot. (neither of us hardly remember our heads hitting the pillows..... and it was nearly 4 hours later before the heat in the truck woke us up)
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