20:08 Update

Well, it wasn't a mad dash out of the house to make it to the bus pick-up point, but it wasn't exactly stress-free either.  On the Dulles Toll Road, we hit ... SNOW, which made the ride to Ashburn a bit of a white-knuckle ride.  At least we weren't the last ones there, but close.

The scene at the bus was somewhat auspicious: not enough room at the bottom of the bus for all the luggage.  There was some frantic rearranging in the snow, but after about 15 tense minutes, and a couple of additional late arrivals later, we were off, in the snow, up north, to Quebec.

Allons-y...