After Hawaii, Merril arranged to bring a car back from Long Beach and because we're the worst, we stayed in Long Beach and sent off our children at 10 p.m. to drive home from L.A. Alone, all night long.
This is the story from Jack: Maxine drove out of southern California for an hour. Jack was asleep. Juliet drove for another hour and they got to an exit before Baker, CA and there was a huge traffic jam. Traffic was stopped and they were getting pulled off the road and and told to park and wait. Juliet pulled off and a cop waved her to a road on the right, so Juliet turned right. Then the cop freaked out and yelled, "NOOO! Do NOT turn that way! No right turn, you're not supposed to go down to the left." Juliet had her window down and said, "You said to turn right!" He apologized and said it had been a long night. Juliet was frazzled from getting yelled at by the cop so Jack took over driving. They were supposed to park and wait until the freeway reopened. Jack wasn't having it. He went on Google maps and found a dirt road that went 3 miles North and then connected with Route 66 and went East for 7 miles and then reconnected with the freeway on the other end of Baker, on the other side of the closure. They went around and the dirt road was fine for the Expedition. They got back on the paved road and drove through town and got gas. Mikayla wants it known that it was a sketchy gas station. Then, Jack got on the freeway and got them all home. I'm glad they made it safe. I'm sure it will be one of those adventures that binds them together but yikes. I know, I know, children used to do way harder things and this makes them stronger but I still struggle with it.
Merril and I didn't stay at just any hotel, we stayed on the boat, The Queen Mary. It's an old British ship that's been converted into a hotel.
It had a lot of the feel of the Titanic. It's about the same age.
We were lucky, I guess it's been under renovation for a while and just reopened. It was a fun little adventure. I'm glad the children didn't die. I'm glad they banded together and took care of each other. That makes me happy. 💓
I want you to note my water bottle. This is the last time a picture is taken with it. I have no idea where is went. So long, I've been missing you!
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