Kathy and I were up and on the road by 8:00 this morning. We stopped at McDonald’s on Industrial to get a bunch of fry boxes. Our brother Chad happened to be there so we got to visit with him a bit.
We hit the highway and made it 600 miles today. We were going to try to get to the other side of Indianapolis but ran into a traffic jam. It took us over an hour to go 5 miles. Took the first exit we got to and got out of that and found a hotel for the night. Hopefully it will be faster going in the morning.
Luckily this hotel had a restaurant as we didn’t see any restaurants close by. We stopped for gas once today and at one rest area. We had brought snacks so that is what we had for lunch. We are butt tired tonight.
Traffic was pretty good most of the way. Hit a lot of slow downs during construction sites but until the last jam did well. I almost had pee running down my cheeks while we were waiting in traffic. Old ladies can’t handle traffic jams with no potty in sight!
The trip is a total of 1,490 miles so we are not quite halfway. We don’t have a deadline so not sure if we will push it tomorrow and go all the way or if we will make one overnight stay before we get there. I am betting on stopping once more tomorrow night. 600 miles feels about my limit for one day.
The weather was perfect driving weather today. There was a heavy thunderstorm east of here but nothing where we were. Trusting tomorrow will be smooth sailing too.
A day of travel kinda numbs me. How can one get so tired when all one does is sit all day? Having trouble holding any thoughts tonight long enough to act on them. Think I will take a bath and go to bed early so we can hit the road again in the morning.
Grateful for traveling 600 miles today safely, grateful we got to visit with Chad this morning, and grateful for hotels along the road.