Quick Drive Home

We got a very good night's rest last night, and were up early on our own. Except for Madison, perhaps - she slept until around 9:00 this morning. That was good, because she certainly needed the rest.

We left around 9:30 - 10:00 and got home at 4:30, which was a pretty decent pace considering we made a few stops at rest areas. Mommy had snacks for all of us on the way up, and Madison was kept busy with her two new friends, the My Little Ponies she got at the Disney Village yesterday. Madison spent hours trying on different outfits for each pony, and letting them interact with each other. She would voice their conversations, which was rather funny to listen to from the front seat.

The "Disney" thing didn't end yesterday: we listened to soundtracks on the way back, perhaps in celebration of our music trivia triumph just a few days ago.

It was a very uneventful trip down, but it could have been different. We drove on I-85 just before rush hour, and as it happens, a small plane had to make an emergency landing on that very highway roughly an hour later. It caused significant backups, but we didn't know about it at all until we got home! Just imagine looking in your rear view mirror and catching sight of an airplane wanting you to clear the runway! Fortunately, everyone was okay after the incident, except for probably all those folks that tend to get wound up during a huge traffic jam. With God's grace, that wasn't us!

Ba-ba and Nana arrived a bit later, and of course Madison went over to visit with Ye-Ye and Nana next door. We went back to the house and had dinner with the Baron (frozen pizza), and then pretty much got ready for bed. Right now, Daddy is looking through all the photos from our trip and organizing thoughts to record for this blog for our entire vacation. It certainly was a jolly holiday. I'm not ashamed to confess this to the point that it may sound repetitive: God's grace was certainly with us the whole time. It was a wonderful vacation!