Saturday 5 May 2012
Cinco de Mayo and Rosey Reed’s birthday! Although Rosey has passed on, we felt her presence and knew she would have LOVED all the adventures we were having. Dian made chicken noodle soup and Ravi helped Charles screw the panel on our sliding van door in place.
We hugged Ina’s sons goodbye then followed Ravi’s white van to the ferry in Dover. Along the way we had a Stonehenge sighting from the road (we’d all visited there) and noticed a road sign for Windsor Castle, Legoland and Ascot Racecourse. After stopping to stretch our legs and have a free Starbucks sample at the halfway point, we continued the last two hours enjoying NOT having to navigate but simply following Ina and Ravi’s van to the port.
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| Our van, their van |
By 7PM we had arrived in Dover (those white chalk cliffs) where we made dinner and ate together in their van (more spacious by nearly 10 inches at least). Finally it was time to board the ferry. We got our passports stamped and even though their van was waved over for a security check – looking for guns from British citizens only – we all got on with no problems. Soon we were sitting in comfortable chairs on the top deck and after a smooth crossing we arrived in Calais. (Ina had graciously bought Dian a Daisy Duck Pez dispenser at the duty free shop).
With many times driving to the secret place near the ferry called Sangatte, Ravi unerringly drove us there where we parked right next to a sand dune overlooking the ocean. Sleep came quickly. (By the way, Charles figured that we had traveled roughly 10,000 miles based on odometer readings in Dian’s journal). Wow!!!
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