Journey Across Country

We made it in one piece to Wisconsin via the Jeep Cherokee and in less time than I made it last year by plane, but only beat last year by one hour. A trip that was supposed to take us about 26 hours took us 30 hours. So, those 4 extra hours consisted of extra stops, long stops and states that don’t plow their interstates after a massive snow storm. When we left Phoenix we ran into some snow covered roads in the mountains, so that was the first thing that slowed us down. Then we were good until we got East of Denver. The interstate from Denver to Nebraska was covered in snow. I found it very interesting that a state like that did not take care of their interstate at all. That took me driving pretty cautious and under speed limit which was very frustrating. We were hoping that once we were to enter Nebraska that state would have enough common sense to plow their interstate’s, but that state was the worst state we drove through. Andy and I have declared that we hate the state of Nebraska. We ran into three rolling road blocks…what’s that you ask? Well, it’s where the State Trooper’s drive in the middle of the interstate with their lights on going 30 miles per hour to slow down traffic. Why? Don’t know, other than they are a bunch of corn loving assholes! Excuse my language, but you can imagine how frustrated we were because it’s not like it was just for one mile, but more like 10 – 15 miles of that. So, we were thrilled to leave Nebraska and enter the state that is Brake Happy…the damn Iowans. Yup, those assholes don’t know how to drive. It was constant brake city and for no reason what so ever. I have never seen so many people step on the brakes for nothing. It was ridiculous. We finally ended up in the great state of Wisconsin about 11pm and were at Andy’s mom’s house at 1am. I do have to share with everyone that I did my fair share of driving. I calculated that I drove approximately 13 hours of the 30 hour drive, so that isn’t exactly half for you auditors, but it’s pretty close and I am happy with that. Andy and I will not be doing this next year so we will have to figure out another game plan for the dogs because driving across county is just not for us. At least we didn’t kill each other in the car and we are still together, so that’s a plus!