Sunday, July 08, 2007
 We've been in the car almost nine hours now. We still have at least another one and a half, maybe two to go. We've eaten our weight in junk food, rearranged our seats half a dozen times and filled enough bottles with pee to water the entire state of Ohio, which is currently suffering from a drought. And I'm about ready to kill the entire staff of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for leaving all of their construction sights under construction on a holiday weekend. I might be more sympathetic if there were actually construction workers doing something. But no. We've sat through four traffic jams caused by a bunch of cones closing off a bunch of usable lanes for nothing. And for his punishment, because I'm all about punishment, I think Mr. President of the Pennsylvania DOT should have to sit in my Suburban, full of luggage and all six boys, for eleven hours with only a few empty water bottles at his disposal. I mean, come on! How hard is it to tell your men to pick up their cones when their done using them. Even Barney knows the clean up rule, and he's a silly purple dinosaur!
Anyway, we all know going home is never as exciting as leaving for vacation. So in trying to focus on the positive, I've asked everyone what they enjoyed most about this trip and here's what we've come up with.
The Henrichsen's Top Ten Things We Loved About Visiting Grandma and Grandpa Henrichsen in Ohio
Seeing the fireworks (all three of them) upon our arrival at Grandma's house.
Playing with cousin Sammy and Uncle Michael.
The Erie Zoo
The Holden Arboretum and the train exhibit.
The Amish carts and buggies and farms.
Spending time together as a family.
Spending time with Grandma and Grandpa and Diana and Michael.
Playing in the boats and catching frogs and turtles.
Our new sprinkler.
Joel's Ice Cream and their giant-size scoops.
Our year supply of Mapeline that we discovered on our late night trip to Walmart.
 
I know that's really our top eleven list, but how can I possibly narrow it down to ten when we had such a great time? And in the time that its taken me to type this blog (and check the traffic on the Tappan Zee bridge a couple of times) we've arrived in Connecticut. The end is near. I'm not sure that's a good thing, especially when I think about being solo tomorrow with all six kids but I do need to go potty and I'm sort of looking forward to sleeping in my own bed so I'll gladly take it. But trust me, as crazy as it seems, I'm already looking forward to our next road trip in a couple of weeks, long drive and all.
posted by Shana # 7:41 PM 
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