It was certainly a sad time when we had to say good-bye to the kids and begin the three-day drive back to upstate New York.
We had coffee and helped each other pack up our respective vehicles for the trek back. On our way out of town we of course had to make the requisite stop for a strawberry slush (my wife’s new fave) from Sonic because we don’t have any Sonic restaurants near where we live this is a rare treat for her.
The drive back was long and tiring. It was also coupled with the all too familiar melancholy that is always evident as you approach the end of a vacation. I missed not having my son around after being with him constantly for four days. It was just enough time to get used to having him around when we then had to say our good byes. Hopefully we’ll see them again around the holidays.
The cat was not a happy camper when we began the journey back. I think the poor thing was tired of having her world upset on a daily basis and to be relegated to the finite space that she was going to have to endure in the backseat and the carrier while we were traveling. She settled down for short periods (that got shorter as the trip wore on). She is not a travel-loving animal. We might need to have to rethink this arrangement for future trips.
We take the opportunity to visit a very nice brewpub in Ohio called the Wiloughby Brewing Company. We had visited this establishment on our drive out to Chicago over the Christmas holidays and this was a welcome break in the second evening of the trip home.
Overall, it was a good trip, a tiring trip. This is not unusual as I’ve seem to detect that all trips done in this manner need some recuperative time before re-entering the work place. Unfortunately, timing was never a strong suit and we were only able allocate a single day for acclimation before the dreaded Monday morning blues took hold.
Well, there’s only 52 weeks left before next year’s vacation… Yay…
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