I (heart) San Diego!
Well, it took a long time but we finally got in the house.
Day one - 15 hour drive to Gallup, New Mexico. Crappy food, crappy hotel. Easy drive.
Day two - 7 hours to Lake Havasu City, Arizona. Great food, good beer, hotter than Dallas.
Day three - 6 hour drive from hell.
To summarize. We needed to take 2 cars across country. That meant that both H and I drove seperately. Not surprising, the kids wanted to go with her. No problem with me! Got to jam all the hair metal I could. AND I DID!!! Thank you Sirius satellite. (Tom, you have to listen to Stern again...)
But I digress. With this trip, I couldn't really burn the 4 runner over 85 mph, so we had an easy drive. H took the lead with the Prius and the navigational system (if you don't have that, GET IT - it's the best way to get around a new/foreign city) Now you see that I said, H had the nav system. Mike had a really bad map and that's it.
The trip was simple - follow H and call and scream on the phone when she got too far ahead (happened about every 2 hours). Simple until day 3.
As soon as we got into LA traffic (about 3 hours outside of LA), H forgot she had someone following her. Yeah, that was fun. Tons of cars zipping around, I have no idea which freeway to take to get to Daves...I think I busted a blood vessel or 10.
We made it to dave and his lovely wife stacy's place (both of whom I am eternally greatful). Stayed there for 2 days before we could move into the house.
The house is absolutely perfect. It's bigger than H and I remembered and the girls love it. We can see ourselves staying here quite some time. We'll post pix soon.
We went to the beach today and the girls had a blast. We're really getting around much more and easier than we ever did in Dallas. It just seems more inviting here. We still miss our friends and are sure they will all come visit now. The guest room is all ready!
Day one - 15 hour drive to Gallup, New Mexico. Crappy food, crappy hotel. Easy drive.
Day two - 7 hours to Lake Havasu City, Arizona. Great food, good beer, hotter than Dallas.
Day three - 6 hour drive from hell.
To summarize. We needed to take 2 cars across country. That meant that both H and I drove seperately. Not surprising, the kids wanted to go with her. No problem with me! Got to jam all the hair metal I could. AND I DID!!! Thank you Sirius satellite. (Tom, you have to listen to Stern again...)
But I digress. With this trip, I couldn't really burn the 4 runner over 85 mph, so we had an easy drive. H took the lead with the Prius and the navigational system (if you don't have that, GET IT - it's the best way to get around a new/foreign city) Now you see that I said, H had the nav system. Mike had a really bad map and that's it.
The trip was simple - follow H and call and scream on the phone when she got too far ahead (happened about every 2 hours). Simple until day 3.
As soon as we got into LA traffic (about 3 hours outside of LA), H forgot she had someone following her. Yeah, that was fun. Tons of cars zipping around, I have no idea which freeway to take to get to Daves...I think I busted a blood vessel or 10.
We made it to dave and his lovely wife stacy's place (both of whom I am eternally greatful). Stayed there for 2 days before we could move into the house.
The house is absolutely perfect. It's bigger than H and I remembered and the girls love it. We can see ourselves staying here quite some time. We'll post pix soon.
We went to the beach today and the girls had a blast. We're really getting around much more and easier than we ever did in Dallas. It just seems more inviting here. We still miss our friends and are sure they will all come visit now. The guest room is all ready!
posted by gasman at 6:20 PM
2 Comments:
Glad to hear the trip went well man, especially with 2 cars! Man I bet your wife was ready to go crazy with the kids. Did you ever look into shipping one and driving just one?
So you went to the beach....I hate you. =)
Take care man and get some pix posted!
I think it would have cost about a grand to ship or something like that. I would rather save the cash...I know wear and tear but...
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