Why is it that, when on the road, the trip always takes the full day? I expect you cannot answer the question because you don’t buy into the premise, right? But for us……

We left the Dunne NC Hampton Inn before 9 a.m. The GPS said it would take us 4 hours 40 minutes to get home. Even stopping for lunch, we should be home by 2:30. Why did we pull in the driveway at 5:30?

Before I answer that, let me ask a different why. Why don’t the rooms in the Hampton Inn in Dunne NC have closets? If you can answer that, you can answer anything.

OK, back to the primary question. I will give you some hints. Did you know that John Eaton was born in Halifax, North Carolina? Or that there is a very big and very kitschy antique mall in Wilson North Carolina?

Did you know that you can get good Mexican food in Prince George VA? Did you even know there was a Prince George VA?

And so it goes.

But we did get back. The traffic could have been worse. The driving weather could not have been better. Within an hour of getting home, I took out trash and recycling, found two ordered books and processed the orders, retrieved my computer from its hiding place, looked at the mail, write our accountant, reviewed a flyer for the Jewish Funeral Practices Committee, volunteered for assistance at an upcoming large funeral, vacuumed a room, and filled in my calendar for the week.

Enough already.