Roadtrip 2010

In the midst of the craziness that has been our summer so far - the relentless staging of our house to look like a spread from a Pottery Barn catalog, sorting through and signing Kilimanjaro-high mounds of paperwork to buy and sell a home, packing and moving box upon box, getting the house show-ready at the drop of a hat - 2 weeks of vacation was as welcome as a 2 degree day in the middle of the marathon heatwave that occupied much of our summer.

We spent four of those 14 vacation days on the road for 6.5 hours each. Our travels took us up and down the mid-Atlantic from the mountains to the valleys to the oceans (which were indeed white with fooooooaaaaaaaammmmm!). First stop: Virginia Beach, where we spent 4 days. We then traveled 2 hours inland to spend a day and night at my parent's house. Afterwards, we returned to our mothership in the Delaware Valley region to regroup before striking out on the road again, this time to the Adirondack Mountains of New York State. There, we enjoyed 3 days with Craig's grandmother and parents at their cabin on the lake.

The high mileage had me concerned at first. In previous years when we took William on 6-hour car trips, he would let loose with head-splitting bouts of fussing, crying, and thrashing. However, God be praised for the miracle of maturity. This time around, William weathered each segment of travel like a pro, five potty stops on the first leg notwithstanding. (Lesson learned: never give a 3 year-old an 8 oz. fruit smoothie while driving on a highway with sporadic rest stops. His bladder is just not that big.)

But I digress. Below is the recap of What We Did on Our Summer Vacation. Cue the Muzak and roll film!