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Another marvelous vacation… but as Dorothy repeated at the end of her stay in the merry old land of Oz, “there’s no place like home.” 

Needless to say, I’m a bit fried from all the driving.  However, I’ve certainly changed my ways as I’ve gotten older and (I hope) a little wiser.  When I was in my 20s and 30s I actually believed I could drive for 24 hours straight safely.   Such denial I nurtured!!  Worked pretty hard to convince myself and others that I could actually drive ridiculous distances with no rest. 

Thank God I didn’t kill anyone!!

We still were in the car pretty much all day yesterday and today.  Or at least, it seems like it.  A little over 700 miles from our house to Cousin Pete’s.  In the “good old days” I would have gotten up way too early and drove the whole thing, stopping only briefly for food and fuel, etc.  These days my lovely girlfriend and I stop more often, and one of those stops is an overnight stay somewhere.  This year the Hampton Inn of choice was in Youngstown, Ohio.  Kind of a halfway point.  We love Hampton Inn!!.  Just makes much more sense to travel during daylight, and to get a good night’s rest and some hot breakfast before resuming the journey. 

Same thing on the way back, but rather than slog through on I-80 again we like to take advantage of our passport ownership and swing up through Canada (eh) for the fun of it.  After checking in to the hotel in Ontario, we asked what local eateries we should look for.  Ended up at Moose Winooski’s… very nice ribs with a side of way too many potatoes. 

Anyway, nice to be home, and really nice to be OUT OF THE CAR!!  So forgive me for being brief, but I’m going to close with:  again, holy cow it’s nice to be  home!!  And dig up a video for your enjoyment. 

Did I mention that it’s really nice to be home?
Now this video has nothing to do with traveling… or does it??