Road Lessons

At an Amish cafe in Alabama, we were offered the "wise and wonderful discount"--which sounded much more appealing than "senior."

So if you, too, are wise and wonderful, and if you like road trips, Carlene and I would like to share our lessons from the road:

1. Do not drive after dark on unfamiliar roads.  It can be unnerving and besides, you can't see a thing but the lights of other cars and trucks.

2. And if you do, be sure your GPR is not set on "scenic routes" after dark.

3. Avoid Houston, always, all the time, any hour of the day or night, any day of the week.  (It took us three hours to get through Houston and we could have made better time and seen much prettier views had we taken Highway 90.)

4. Avoid Interstate 10 (east of San Antonio) unless you want to drive squeezed in between road barriers and 18-wheelers.

5. Unless you are going to a trusted motel along the way (as we do Comfort), always ask to smell the room first.  An hour in the Covington Best Western after a long day of driving was terribly unpleasant.  Turns out Best Western is testing some horrible new cleaning products.

6.  Have your house professionally cleaned the day before you are due to arrive.  Pam brought Nora over to clean and the house sparkled when we walked in.