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#58 - Don't Like Driving on Christmas

12/25/2021

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Leaving Early

I woke in our quiet B&B at 5 this morning. I tiptoed to take a shower.
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It was Christmas, but Don and I had to hit the road early. We couldn't hang around for the comp breakfast. But we did set up our little Covid testing lab, before we took off.

Negative

We both tested negative. Not surprised, but still relieved.
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What exactly would we have done if we'd gotten a positive result?

Long Route to Portland

We'd decided yesterday to go ahead and drive the longer coastal route.
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I'm not even sure if they ended up having all the expected snow on Siskiyou Summit. But we'll never know. We took the coastal route and enjoyed only a little rain.

Scenery

A week ago, I never thought we'd being spending Christmas Day, driving for nearly 9 hours. I thought we'd be in Texas, gathered with the kids in the family room... wearing sunglasses while we opened gifts, while sun poured in the huge windows.
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But today on Christmas, I stared out the window and smiled at the coast and a rainbow and the Redwoods and felt so happy that we'd almost completed this long journey. A lot of changes in a week. Our Texas Christmas turned into an Oregon Christmas. Our mountain drive turned into a coastal one.

By 4:00

By 4, we made it to Happy Valley! Baby Charlie was asleep and we 6 adults couldn't hug each other enough. We went to work unloading the car, jammed with gifts. (How did I do that myself 5 days ago?)
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Suddenly Charlie was up and taking it all in. I can't believe we're here. I can't believe this little girl is 10 months!

Family

The evening felt cozy, while Christmas music played and dinner cooked.
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We have 3 days to celebrate Christmas, in our safe, cozy, family bubble.
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Tonight we just enjoyed each other.

Tomorrow...

We'll start thinking about stockings and presents.
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I can't believe we're here!
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