May 11
We have been pretty cut off from news.  Mostly by choice.  I only learned today that Trump pulled out of the Iran accord, and Israel blasted Iran in Syria.  The news hit me like a sledgehammer.  So much squandered, such risks for so little gain.  Such an ominous future. The Atlantic analyst opines that neither Israel nor Iran want a war.  I disagree.

May 12
We are staying in a beautiful old hotel in the heart of the colonial district.  It is a splurge, at $35. Given free camping, our total accommodation costs are about $100 for 11 days.  Food isn't much more, with skirt steak dinners of $5.  But the tolls!  Good roads have tolls (and construction), and bad roads are painful.  And painfully slow.  We spent around $20 on tolls today.