"On the road again"

We recently took a trip to visit The Prince's daughter and her family.    There is a lot of planning when we embark on this journey.  Hotel reservations, arrange boarding for the dogs, stop the paper, pack the car , wrap some gifts for the kiddies......  you get the idea.

Finally, we hit the road!  We are mentally prepared for a 4 hour road trip.  We have an array of things to listen to (but we usually talk most of the time) .  - I pack a variety of snacks: salty, sweet, crunchy, chewy - NOTHING HEALTHY.  We expect traffic at the usual locations and finally, we are out of New York!  

It was a delightful ride - the Delaware Water Gap was an array of color.  The music was especially entertaining - we sang our hearts out!  THEN, out of nowhere, we are forced to merge lanes and travel single file "at the speed of a snail.....going uphill...on an icy surface".  We did 2 speeds - SLOW and STOP.  What should have taken 30 minutes, took over 2 hours.   There is no amount of snacks that could placate a saint in those conditions!   Eventually, we made it to our hotel.  We both fell soundly asleep knowing that the next day was going to bring a flurry of activities with the grandkids.

We had an early breakfast and headed over to start our day.  When 2 kids scream with delight and run into our arms, we both know that no amount of traffic will ever stop us from making this trip in the future.  It was a happy, busy weekend  - we made wonderful memories.  

You know everyone had a good time when it is so hard to say good-bye.... "...'til next time, little cherubs...."