Rob and the California George Family

Hayley's Girl Scout troop went to Winter Wonderland camp last weekend. It was our family's turn to help with transportation. Unfortunately, Hayley got sick (flu or something much like it) and at the last minute we found out that she would have to stay home. Nevertheless, we were on the hook to help get the rest of the girls up there along with one other family.

The adventure started last Friday. The drive with no traffic is about 2.5 hours one way. We left at 3:30pm on Friday and arrived at camp at about 8:30pm (with a dinner stop and another bathroom stop of about 1 hour total). Traffic was definitely heavy!

Our family plan was to spend the weekend in Temecula -- near camp to avoid driving home and back again. With Hayley sick, that was not an option. Instead, I drove back home. I got home around 11:00pm.

Retrieving them on Sunday was easier. I left home around 8:30am and got back around 2:30pm (including a lunch stop).

I like driving. I like listening to the radio and getting the thinking time. I also had fun playing with my GPS (the one for the car -- not the portable one I use for geocaching, I have gone deep into the GPS thing) to test out different route calculation options and the MP3 player features on it. No complaints for me -- I would have preferred to have my daughter spend a fun weekend, but the drive time worked fine for me.

Labels: Family, Hayley, Rob, Scouts