The Father's Day Road Trip

For Father's Day some people have a barbecue or go out to eat or maybe even go to a baseball game.  We had a great barbecue at my sister's Saturday and then a big brunch at my Dad's on Sunday and then my oldest daughter and I took a little road trip for the next twelve hours back to South Carolina.  Some of the highlights:

1. Reaching the Delaware Memorial Bridge we realized that we were not the only people traveling early Sunday afternoon.  It wasn't as bad as the day after Christmas, but getting through the toll we did get delayed 10-15 minutes.  Maybe the problem was E-Z pass.(I don't think it's E-Z)

2. My daughter put together a "play" list of songs for us to listen to and I got to hear a bunch of songs from the famous "Hamilton" show.  I thought the "Hamilton" songs were okay, but nothing really struck me as-"Wow!"  I wonder what Jefferson would have thought.

3.  After eating my one meal at the tremendous brunch(where I had scrambled eggs, prime rib, salmon, and bagels with cream cheese and lox, I did not have an appetite the rest of the day.  If you saw my plates you would know why.  We did stop at a Wendy's and I had my first Frosty.(although several members of my family insist it wasn't my first one)

4. One of the highlights of the trip was listening to an audio book.  Comedian, Jim Gaffagin, wrote a book about food and he narrated it to us and it was worth hearing.  He explained why southern people move slowly(biscuits and gravy), explained the goal of  all-you-can-eat buffets(eat at least a dollar more than you pay) and he doesn't want any of those fresh fruit Edible Arrangement gifts, he wants one with just meatballs.

5.  We stopped at rest stops and a Subway and took some turns driving through the traffic.  The last hour and a half we had to make about a dozen turns on dark country roads and finally arrived safely at 12:31 am on my driveway.  I estimated we would leave at 12:30 pm and arrive twelve hours later so you could say I was a minute late which is pretty good.

In conclusion, it was fun, but you may want to try a baseball game which is usually shorter unless it's the Yankees and Red Sox and then you never know.