Skjhjb
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jul 8, 2012
Long story - but a bunch of crap going on with Mom, and we decided we needed to get to Florida to collect her belongings there.
I have a van, and I had this last week free of cake orders, so we made plans and went.
We got up super early Sunday morning - we had planned to cross at the Peace Bridge, but because of all the snow, Mom insisted we go through Windsor/Detroit. I HATE the drive to Windsor - but we went that way anyway, and planned to take I75 down. But the GPS had different plans - took us across Ohio on their Turnpike, and we ended up on the I95 route eventually. Not bad at all!
I drove the entire way there (stopped one night on the way) - to just north of Miami. Hitting Florida and still having 6 more hours to go SUCKS by the way.
Packed up her stuff in a matter of hours, loaded my van full, and began the drive home.
Of course, I HAD to stop in Orlando for a day - we spent a wonderful day at the Magic Kingdom!
Then we drove home on US Thanksgiving day/Black Friday. Seriously the least traffic we saw all week was those two days! We had thought we'd take I75 home, but the GPS brought us up the I95 again, this time the whole route right to Erie and then Buffalo.
Sure was nice to only have 2.5 hours left after we crossed that bridge to Canada!
Made it home by 6pm last night. No trouble at the border with a van full of cardboard boxes & bubble wrap.
I did it!!
I actually didn't mind driving - it made for a much better trip than being the passenger on that drive!
I have a van, and I had this last week free of cake orders, so we made plans and went.
We got up super early Sunday morning - we had planned to cross at the Peace Bridge, but because of all the snow, Mom insisted we go through Windsor/Detroit. I HATE the drive to Windsor - but we went that way anyway, and planned to take I75 down. But the GPS had different plans - took us across Ohio on their Turnpike, and we ended up on the I95 route eventually. Not bad at all!
I drove the entire way there (stopped one night on the way) - to just north of Miami. Hitting Florida and still having 6 more hours to go SUCKS by the way.
Packed up her stuff in a matter of hours, loaded my van full, and began the drive home.
Of course, I HAD to stop in Orlando for a day - we spent a wonderful day at the Magic Kingdom!
Then we drove home on US Thanksgiving day/Black Friday. Seriously the least traffic we saw all week was those two days! We had thought we'd take I75 home, but the GPS brought us up the I95 again, this time the whole route right to Erie and then Buffalo.
Sure was nice to only have 2.5 hours left after we crossed that bridge to Canada!
Made it home by 6pm last night. No trouble at the border with a van full of cardboard boxes & bubble wrap.
I did it!!
I actually didn't mind driving - it made for a much better trip than being the passenger on that drive!
