Well, I'm going to tell you the answer even though you didn't ask... it's flexibility. We started our move cross country today and from the very start things have not been going according to plan.
John and I planned to tow his car so we could all be together this trip, but poor Bessie the Behemoth just couldn't handle the load of the tow dolly and John's car weighed down with all the things we need for this trip. No big deal! We drove two cars the last time we did this, we can do it again!
Of course by the time we discovered this yesterday the Uhaul was closing. So we had to get a later start than intended this morning after returning the tow dolly at 9am. This later start also meant canceling our planned trip to Crater Lake National Park. This first day would be just a straight drive to our hotel in southern Oregon.
This straight drive involved the a rest stop where every single toilet didn't work, Ria feeling very unwell and not being able to do much more than sleep in the car, a terrified puppy, broken windshield wipers, and Lilly taking every step twice in an effort to get some control over a situation she cannot understand.
But you know what, we had a good day. Everyone is safe, everyone is reasonably happy. Lilly got chicken nuggets, Hana got to see a really awesome old truck, and Ria is resting happily in the hotel reading a Wheel of Time book. At the end of the day, all that matters is that we are all together and we are on our way home.
So here we are, a family of robots, in Medford, Oregon.
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