The Colorado Nachrichten: Trip to see Grandma and Grandpa

I counted it up. Including our home, the girls have slept in 9 different beds in the past 2 months. Ten if you count an airplane on the overnight flight to Germany. We were preparing for our trip to drive to see Stu's family. We mapped it out and Google Maps told us it would take 15 hours to get to their home. We decided it was doable in two days and planned it would more than likely take us an extra hour each day. We packed the car the night before and had everything ready to go so we could get a somewhat early start to our drive. Stu had not been feeling well for a few days prior to our departure, and the morning we woke up he felt pretty rotten. It was 7:00 and we were beginning to think that the long drive with him unwell wouldn't be manageable. On a whim I decided to check United to see if there were any flights we could take using frequent flier miles. Turns out, there were... 10 minutes later we were on our way to the airport for a 9:45 flight. Of the many downsides to having a husband that travels very frequently for his work, this was a definite upside. Of course we had packed for our week trip with a drive in mind, not a flight, so I spent our 45 minute drive to the airport shuffling items around in our bags. And instead of getting to Grandma and Grandpa's house after a day and a half of traveling, we were there in 3/4's of a day!