Long Drive

Our family has made the 689 mile drive (driveway to driveway) from our cozy home in DFW to Birmingham probably 10 times since we moved there. We've gotten to where we do it relatively well, too. TV/DVD player, Nintendo, books, CD's...we even know the best places to stop that have clean restrooms and where the exits with the most food choices are.

But I think that makes the drive seem longer, too. Driving that far wears me out mentally. Maybe it's because there just isn't that much to see in East Texas, Northern Louisiana, Central Mississippi and West Alabama, but 12 hours looking at pine trees with four inches of water around the bottom is difficult.