The Travel Back To Arizona

Well, we made it back to Arizona last night about 8pm and much happier with this travel than on the way there. We stayed south so we didn’t get into bad weather. When we left Wisconsin there was terrible fog until we got passed Des Moines. The fog was so bad you couldn’t see 20 feet in front of your car. That slowed us down just a little bit. Then we hit really bad thunderstorms in Kansas and that was scary as Andy was hydroplaning across the interstate because the rain was so heavy. We managed to stay away from Nebraska because we hate that state now. We did however go through the brake happy state of Iowa again and I swear those people love their brakes. Mechanics must make a ton of money replacing brakes on cars left and right. Missouri wasn’t a bad state to drive through, but they had some weird road signs that bothered me. I find it rather annoying that they had a mile marker every .2 miles telling you and I found that rather annoying while I was driving and very unnecessary. They also had a sign that said Pre Passing Lane ahead. What is that? Pre Passing Lane? I have only heard of a Passing Lane ahead, but I guess there is a lane for you to go in before you are ready to pass someone…mmmm…didn’t get it and I still don’t. I guess I will have to ask my friend Jessica (who is from there) what a Pre Passing Lane is. Once we hit Kansas I saw a lot of Jesus billboards saying that if I don’t believe I am going to hell. I am glad WI or AZ doesn’t have billboards like that as I found that annoying too. The rest of the trip was fine. The dogs were fine in the car and Madison stalled every stop because she would take her time going to the bathroom at every stop…I am talking 20 minutes to find a spot to pee. I did my fair share of driving again and I figured I drove 13.5 hours of the 28 hour drive. Actually we clocked the travel time on the Jeep and it’s a 26 hour drive, but with two dogs and stopping it turned to 28 hour drive. At least this time it was better than the drive there. I don’t think we will do it again. I am a big fan of planes now and Andy and I tried the drive, but don’t think we will do it again. The dogs will be happy to stay at the PetSmart Hotel the next time we decide to visit Wisconsin.