I'm happy to report that I made the trip down to Houston to visit Grandpa in good shape. It took me 12 hours all told, a bit longer than I expected, but that included a couple of naps and stops for lunch, filling up the car, stretching a bit... It also included Dallas traffic (who expected stop and go traffic at 2:30 in the afternoon?) I was blessed with great weather, and drove up to the hotel 2 minutes before Mom and Dad did- how's that for timing!?!
I just want to put a plug in for audio books. I listened to two on the way down here- Dealing with Dragons, by Patricia Wrede, and The Dark is Rising, by Susan Cooper. I've read both of them several times before, but they're great stories, so listening to them was great fun. I find that I do better in the car if I'm familiar with the books already- distractions on the road mean that I tune out sections of the story, which makes it rather difficult if you're not familiar with characters and plot. Both audio books were well presented- Dealing with Dragons had a full cast of actors, the first time I remember hearing a book that way. It was kind of nice to have all the different voices and felt much more like a play. The Dark is Rising was done with a single reader, but you could still get a feel of the different characters by the way he changed his voice, very well done.
And my favorite site on the way down was the sign over the road as I drove across the state line from Oklahoma into Texas... "Santa Claus is coming to town- don't hit him." I'm pleased to say that I didn't.
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