We stop for a little break and a snack, and head back up to the bus terminal to catch the 4 PM bus back to Newburyport. We sit in a bench next to the gate for a little while, alternately chatting and calling people. When the bus arrives, people start piling in. When we finally get to the door, I am relieved to see not one but two buses collecting people. Of course, it's Friday on Memorial Day weekend.
Traffic is bad.
But I now have someone to chat with on the bus and in the car, and that makes the traffic a minor inconvenience at worst. We retrieve the car in Newburyport. We travel home, narrowly avoiding a HUGE traffic jam in Portsmouth thanks to a car accident, and drop stuff off. I introduce Beth to Joe, who's at home by now. Beth changes out of her travelling clothes, and we get ready to go to dinner and attend her ex-boyfriend folksinger's show.