Time spent driving to and from Arizona this weekend—14 hours. Actual time spent in Arizona—20 hours.
Ugh!
On our drive back today, my family and I unanimously voted that was way too much time spent driving with not nearly enough time at our destination.
On the drive there, we chatted, texted and switched cars we drove in so as to entertain one another. The minute we arrived in Arizona, we spent the next hour and a half unloading the moving truck and two vehicles before heading to dinner at 9:30 PM—all of us starving and completely dehydrated. This morning found us purchasing the last of the necessities before unpacking the majority of everything and setting things up.
Whew!
And the minute we finished, we climbed back in our car and began the arduous drive back. On our way home, I couldn’t help but laugh at the irony of everyone cocooned in their own worlds, wearing headphones, texting, checking emails via their I-Phones and generally using the drive time to decompress from the many hours of being cooped up in cars this weekend.
I had to laugh again when we stopped a mile from our house to pick up some milk. My husband planned to run in solo, but my oldest daughter bolted out of the car on his heels. In near desperation, she said, “I’ll come with you! I need to move my legs!”
Ah…the joys of travel….
Yup, driving fourteen hours to only have twenty hours at our destination was no fun. We’ve decided we could use another day to recover. But, knowing us, we’ll all be up and going again early tomorrow morning.
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