On Our Way to Maine

If it's the end of July, it must be time to head out on our annual Maine trip. We started just after noon on a Friday, and had terrible traffic all the way up through New York and Connecticut.

The kids did well in the car, and even fell asleep before their normal bed time. Boy, was that a mistake! Around 10pm when we started to look for a hotel, they woke up. Between their nap and the excitement of staying a hotel, they were wide awake until 3... A... M....

To make matters worse, there was some sort of event going on in Portland Maine, and everything was booked solid. We ended up in Freeport in a rather wretched Budget Inn; the nicest thing I can say about it is that at least we weren't sleeping in the car. Oh yeah, speaking of the car: Eli had to spend an hour chilling in the car with Zachary screaming his head off before he finally zonked out.