Driving West and watching the NFL playoffs

Today we got off about 8:15, almost on schedule. We planned to drive until we were tired and find an hotel.

Our first stop will be at brother Rich's which is about 900 miles, we could do it in one shot but there is no reason to push it, especially at our age!  

We took Route 8 through the ADKs, it was surprising how inconsistent the snow coverage is, and we only saw a few snowmobiles. 

Of course we hit snow squalls around Buffalo, but quickly drove out of them. 

One issue with traveling today is that I wanted to watch the NFL playoffs.  When it got close to game time, I convinced June to drive. I then used my phone as a hotspot to connect my tablet to my home antenna using the FireTV App. 


The FireTV App connects to my Amazon Recast box at home, so I was watching the game from my TV antenna at home...cool. 














We decided to get off the highway around  halftime and watch the rest of the game in the hotel. We grabbed sandwiches to go from ChickFilet and got back to the room in time to see most of the second half.  The Bills did their job and beat Pittsburgh by a score of 31-17. 

Tomorrow, we have to cover 350 miles to get to Rich's, we hope to be there in the early afternoon. 




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