Psyching myself up for a trip tomorrow. I need to drive to Occidental. It is about 103 miles and can take from 2.24 hrs. to forever depending on the traffic and road conditions. Right now the minor and sometimes major street flooding is of concern. Hope the rain tonight is not to bad.
I used to love to drive anywhere anytime – let’s go attitude. But anymore I tend to avoid it like the plague. Driving wears me out. Sitting that long turns my feet into burning balls of fire (well if feels that way) and the constant having to pay attention while the world zooms by is a major brain drain. Yep driving long distances kind of sucks anymore.
Driving in bad weather
The weather has been crazy here lately. Lots of rain, snow in the mountains and foothills, tornado’s, thunderstorms, you name it have been going on. Driving on a nice clear day is not so bad as long as I am in familiar territory. Driving in foul weather not so nice. My friend Mikey is going along for the ride – thank goodness! Hopefully having a navigator will stop me from getting lost LOL. Good to have such a good friend.
I plan on taking my camera along and hope to get some good pics along the way when we stop for a stretch. Hope I do not get the shot of a lifetime while floating away weeee ….
OK over dramatic but honestly driving anywhere right now is kind of dumb if you can avoid it. So but of course my little white truckie, Mikey, and I will be out there in the weather! Why you might be asking yourself? Well it is a dinner for my parents 60th anniversary. Do not get me wrong, I want to attend their dinner but golly did it have to be darn near to Bodega Bay? My brother lives in Santa Rosa, his kids live somewhere a bit up north from there. So rather than meat half way . … story of family life. Yeah the one and only brother that responded to me telling him I had MS by uninviting me to Thanksgiving.
I guess if my 83 year old parents can make the drive so can I. Dinner is going to be at an Italian Restaurant that is noted for being old school – hope the food is good.
Map of where we are driving.
from google
google earth
Well here is to hoping that driving to Occidental and driving back turns out to be no big deal and the weather is not too bad.
If I get any pics I will post when I get back.
I’m not much of a fan of driving, either. I used to love it when I was a kid, but now it’s just a chore. It’s particularly challenging for me after dark. I hope the celebration of your parents’ 60th was great and made the driving through flooded streets and bad weather worth it.
Missing their 60th would be in the unforgivable tier. They enjoyed themselves and that is what counts.
Lots of flooded areas and mud slides to occupy us getting there.
Hope you enjoyed the dinner and the ride wasn’t too bad. I used to love driving, now not so much — too tiring. I visited your area once, and I remember the beauty of it. Maybe someday I’ll get back there.
Peace,
Muff
The ride was crazy and humorous too. We got lost big time due to road closure. The countryside views were beautiful when the clouds parted. I hope you get back here again then you can change once to twice LOL
Jan
Yikes — waving the magic wand for concentration, decent weather, and a cool head and feet.
I generally don’t drive much further than, umm, three to four miles anymore and then only on my known routes. Glad you’ll have Mikey with you. Hope it’s a nice celebration of your parent’s 60th! And, at the very least, if the family dynamics are bad, hoping you get some smashing good food!
Donna
I think we are going to have to admit that the magic wand is a bust ha ha . … or we are not clicking our heals together right?
Jan
Oh, I’m supposed to be clicking my heels too while waving the wand? No wonder. Guess I should take off my slippers for the occasion. However, since I don’t own any high heeled or red shoes, my maroon clogs will have to suffice.
Hope the dinner was nice in spite of the rough trip.
I think we are on to the problem. No red shoes! I might be able scrounge up a pair of old red converses?
I see no problem with clogs – must be maroon not red causing the interference. The sun did pop in and out here today.
Yikes, driving over two hours in potentially lousy weather conditions does not sound like much fun to me. I’m glad you had company for the ride. Hopefully dinner was served early enough so you could get started back before dark. Or was that even considered? Ah, families. I really hope your ON wasn’t acting up. In any case I can’t wait to hear all about it!
It took over 3 hours, weather sucked until the last few miles, got home after dark, and yeah families . … my left eye was bad but the right hung in there.
More later in a new post.
Jan