That's what my sister said when I told her we were leaving for Pennsylvania at midnight.
Maybe we are crazy. Maybe I just don't feel like hearing my kids complain about being bored and asking "when are we there?" in their French-influenced syntax. Maybe I think Ohio will be better in the dark. Less wide. Less flat. Less boring. Less likely to spark the desire to commit a crime.
Yeah, so. We're off to Yinzerville Pittsburgh tonight. Allan has more.
yer right about Ohio.
(hope Lexi doesn't see this!) ;)
Posted by: schlabby | July 11, 2006 at 20:34
Giving up so easily? Why not read "Crime and Punishment" to the kids and explain it, in Russian. You could all learn it on the way. You'll never notice Ohio. If Russian is too hard, try Chinese. I'm sure Allan can help.
Posted by: Monty | July 11, 2006 at 21:02
Uh-oh, are we in for some more Ohio-bating soon?
Posted by: Neil | July 12, 2006 at 00:25
an apt description of my state. and people wonder why i'm so good at daydreaming? 'tis a survival technique when travelling across the wastelands of Ohio.
Posted by: ally bean | July 12, 2006 at 08:31
i think its a perfect idea. you and allan can listen to good music up front, kids sleep in the back. this is how we always traveled when i was a kid. late night/early morning. seemed like we got there faster...
Posted by: lily | July 12, 2006 at 09:18
fergot to say, yinz have fun n'at in pixburg. doan ferget to make a trip ahht to kennywood park, n'at. maybe get a primanni's sammich er sumpin. look aht for myron coaaap.
Posted by: lily | July 12, 2006 at 09:24
I haven't left at midnight but I have left considerably past their bedtimes to go out to the lake house. I would rather they sleep through the drive than ask me how many minutes till we're there, or have to listen to radio disney for that long of a time. So Yeah, I am crazy!
Posted by: cj | July 12, 2006 at 09:58
Ohio is bad??? have you ever drove through Kansas??? now thats a boring drive
in fact more like torture
Posted by: daphne | July 12, 2006 at 11:46
I drove my kids from north central Minnesota to south central Nebraska last week, and they thought they were going die. And I know that is a senic route compared to Ohio, which I have driven through, too.
Posted by: Meredith | July 12, 2006 at 12:32
O on the ends and HI in the middle O-HI-O!
Fine if you don't know the song, then know that there is no HI in the middle of the state of Ohio! Girl I've been driving across the entire state to get to IL from WV for the last 30 some years. Whilst the bordom is unbearable, at least the state produced some good candy: Buck-eyes!
Posted by: Anne | July 13, 2006 at 02:51