Considering this blog is supposed to be tracking my family's travels, I should update you on our most recent trip(s). Last weekend, we drove from Southwestern Ohio to Northern Virginia. We did this while pulling a VERY full trailer of stuff. Under normal circumstances this trip should have taken just over 8 hours.... it took us 12.
The reason it took so long was two-fold. The first was that we had a tarp covering the trailer to make sure nothing flew out and also that nothing got in (such as dust or rain). The second reason it took so long was because our car struggled to make it up the mountains of West Virginia and Maryland. There were places where the speed limit was 70MPH and we were only going 40 or 45MPH.
We did have a few things going for us though. The first was that we left Ohio at 3PM. That meant that even if the trip would have been 8 hours long, the kids would have slept the second half of the trip (which they did). The second was that the frequent stops to check and or fix the tarp were also a time to get the kids out of the car to stretch and take potty breaks.
Hubby ended up going back to Ohio by himself to get one more load of our stuff and hit a deer on the way to Ohio. Luckily the damage was minimal and is very hard to see. All I can say is that I'm glad I was not in the car. I've hit a deer before and I really don't want to do that again.
Now we are in Virginia trying to figure out our next steps. The plan right now is to see if we can get an relatively inexpensive RV so that we can take it on a cross-country trip. If that doesn't work out, who knows exactly what will happen next. God has always shown the way and we don't expect that will change now.
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