once i believed that la to sf was commutable

That was a l o n g drive. I forgot that people would be heading back to wherever they spent the holidays from today. The really weird part is that most of the backup wasn't accident related (thank goodness). It was just people who aren't used to driving the 5. Ugh. You don't ride your brake on the 5 - at least not as you are driving along California's central valley.

We arrived safely after over 9 hours on the road. I can usually do it in about 6.5, so this gives you some idea of how crazy it was. We stopped once to use the restroom. I ended up opting for the 'outside' bathroom, which I initially thought was a couple of port-a-potties. Part of me thinks that would have been the way to go.

I finally made it out of the zoo that was the parking lot, and was about to get on the freeway when I saw a CHP car with its lights flashing behind me. Thankfully, he was just heading off to an accident or something. But it did give me a bit of an adrenaline rush. It didn't help that there was a giant camper that had also just turned onto the road in front of me.

We did also stop at the Starbucks on Laval Road West. It was so crazy we used the drive thru. I had never seen that area so busy. It was a bit surreal.




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