Actually, it really wasn’t a bad drive to see MawMaw, PawPaw, Nana, and Aunt Kelly. Ignoring the 4 year old who averaged an “Are we there yet” type of statement 6 times an hour for 14 hours and it really couldn’t have been better. We didn’t hit bad traffic; didn’t have any explosive diaper situations, there was minimal crying from
On Sunday, Jen and I were able to take a mountain retreat, sans children, to see Mimi and Uncle Jack. With BOGO Starbucks holiday drinks in hand, we got back in the car and drove about 2 hours west toward Ashville to Flat Rock, NC. We went on a chilly dusk boat ride, had terrific BBQ, saw a deer in the driveway, hiked up Glassy Mountain, and ate outside at the Wrinkled Egg, it was great. Oh yeah, then there was Jen’s terrible allergic reaction to the 7 cats at Hillgay…but other than that, it was great!!
Back to reality on Monday, everyone was good while we were gone and over the next couple of days we crammed in as many relaxing activities as we could:
1. Numerous trips to the Grandparents Park playing on the swings, slides, and jungle gym.
2. O’s trip to “Rescovery Place.”
3. A Trip to Caribou Coffee.
4. Walking and running the hills of Sun City Carolina Lakes.
5. Golf cart rides on Lucy.
6. An Excellent Thanksgiving Day Feast.
7. An LSU Tiger victory over Arkansas.
8. Late Night/Early Morning Black Friday shopping adventures.
9. A Chinese lunch date with Nana.
10. A Visit with Aunt C.
11. Countless shopping trips to Harris Teeter.
12. Mani/Pedi trip for the girls.
13. A few naps.
Another 14 hour ride home but this time, Jen found it effective to let Owen know quickly that that she didn’t want to hear him talk about “not being able to see our house yet” which surprisingly kept him pretty quiet until around Mobile (a solid 9 hours). We participated in 3 trips to the McDonald’s play place (which apparently sponsored our trip) and consumed practically a full bottle of Germ-X due the that very sponsorship, but we all survived until Denham Springs. How does this place, or what I like to call “Baton Rouge’s armpit,” have traffic at 6pm on a Sunday night, heading INTO the city? I was about to lose it, Owen had to pee, it was dark, and we were all tired and READY to be out of the car.
Thankfully, we finally took the back way and got off the interstate. GaGa and Pops were waiting for us when we got to the house, dinner prepped and fridge stocked with milk and bread so we didn’t have to run out that night. The kids were fed, bathed, and put to bed so Jen and I were able to relax after that car ride. That was definitely a huge help!!
All in all it was a great trip, just a few hiccups here and there, but we made it and hopefully as the kids get older, it will continue to get easier. Next item on the to-do list for our summer trip: Cracker Barrel. Yes, we might actually be insane.
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