It is 4:30 am, and we have just checked into our hotel in Dallas. The internet connection here won’t work, so I am writing this to post later, probably after we return home. The drive was long, but went well. Besides the massive amounts of rain, it was pretty smooth. We had hoped the kids would sleep being so late, but no one even so much as napped. They fought over the DVD player, and over who was taking up too much room. Gas prices dropped considerable the closer we got to Dallas, which was nice but upset me. Why am I paying almost 50 cents more per gallon at home??

There must be 4,000 possible restrooms along our route, and I am pretty sure we stopped at almost half of them. Apparently, bladder synchronization is not something I had thought of….