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I slept last night in Tallahassee because it was dark by the time I got out of the cave tour, and driving six hours home in the dark seemed dangerous. In the morning I made good time and got back in the mid afternoon. I was quite tired… if the trip hadn’t ended today, I would have needed to take today as a rest day anyway. It’s surprising how driving — interspersed with activities — can sap your energy. It doesn’t seem to at first, but after a few days you feel a weird sort of fatigue that is hard to describe.

In retrospect, a road trip in the dead of winter is not the wisest of plans. It gets dark extremely quickly, which makes it hard to drive far. It’s very cold, which makes some activities less pleasant. There is some sort of seasonal holiday coming up which caused traffic patterns to be unusual. And finally, there was a frickin’ BLIZZARD throughout the northeast which killed many of my travel plans.I couldn’t even make it as far north as Kentucky. Next time, I will go in Autumn or in Spring.

Nevertheless, it was pretty fun. That was the first solo road trip I’ve ever taken. It’s interesting to be alone with yourself for so long. You end up doing a lot of thinking. Given my ADHD I don’t know if I’ve had that much undistracted thinking time in a long while. And Sandra seemed to enjoy having some alone time, too. All in all, a successful trip, though next time will be bigger and better!

Oh and I have to give a shout out to the Pontiac G6. It is really awesome for renting. I don’t know that I’d want to own one because it costs a lot for an American car. There’s so many features that can break, that I’d worry about them breaking. Each time a feature broke and I couldn’t reasonably repair it, a little bit of my soul would die. So that’s a down side. But for renting? Really fun car.

Thanks for reading… til next time and all that!