This is the fourth season that Harry and I have been making the 1377-mile journey and our experience has been that although the drive takes two long days, it is uneventful. Except his year. The.drive.was.horrible.
Day 1 is normally an 11-hour day and we drive about 770 miles, a little more than half way. This year we drove for 12 hours, 7 of which were in relentless, driving rain, along with crazy drivers (including truckers!) on the interstates who don't seem to understand that when it's raining so hard you can barely see the car in front of you, slowing down is prudent.
Day 2 was even worse. Usually Day 2 is a little easer. We usually leave a little later in the morning and after driving for about nine hours, we are home. This year on Day 2 we drove for over 12 hours, ALL of which were in relentless, driving rain. And the traffic was beyond awful (note to self: we will NEVER again drive back to Texas the weekend after Thanksgiving!). As we approached Dallas, the traffic slowed to a crawl and was bumper to bumper as we crept around Dallas toward Waco for the final stretch.
The traffic was so bad that Harry and I decided to detour further west, outside of Interstate 35, then head south. Well that prompted Harry and I to argue about which was the best route to take, which is significant because Harry and I just don't argue...about anything. Well his route prevailed and although the detour added an additional 3 hours to the trip (instead of the likely 5+ hour delay had we stayed on IH35), it was the best decision to go around IH 35 and pick up Texas Highway 281 and head south (although my detour would have gotten us to Highway 281 much quicker). As bad as the weather was, we did not run into any snow or ice and for that we were very grateful.
Having said ALL of that, we arrived home safely last night about 7:45 pm and although we were exhausted (and had kissed and made up), we were very happy and thankful to be home.
Now to unload the cars :/
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