We had our traditional IHOP breakfast then went and spent a few more minutes with Kelly's parents before setting out for home around 11:30 or so.
For the entire trip, from the three days we spent in New Port Richey visiting with dad and wrapping up loose ends from my aunt's stuff, to the drive over a week later from Las Vegas to Oxnard, the weather was superb. We got maybe 5 drops dripped on us in Mississippi or Louisiana, it was a little overcast when we left Vicksburg, and the Grand Canyon was a little hazy.
Driving north on 101 from Oxnard - it rained pretty much the entire drive.
Luckily, we know the road, we know where to stop, and it wasn't a driving rain, so it didn't present any real problems.
One thing we did learn on this leg, though - the Camp Roberts rest stop has reopened! For any of you who regularly take this north-south route, you may probably be rejoicing as much as I am. They did a total upgrade, knocking down the old structures and putting up a pretty glitzy new one. I was impressed. (Impressed enough, apparently, to take a picture!)
Wrapping up, it was a fantastic trip. The car handled beautifully, our GPS unit was 95% reliable (okay, so that time in Fort Worth when she had us in an endless loop wasn't the most fun, but we eventually figured it out...), the weather was great, the stops were perfect... We're already talking about our next road trip. (Next year, honey; let my butt stop buzzing for a while!)
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