Family fun time

This last week was really great. My wife had been invited to participate and help teach at a women’s conference in another part of the country. We decided to make it a family affair and drive over to the city the conference was being held in. The kids and I would play and relax while my wife spoke at the conference a few of the days, which is something she loves, so it was ‘relaxing’ for her too.

Our host for the week arranged a great place a little outside the city for us to stay. We had requested somewhere with a pool for the kids, and she got us a great rate on a great place. At times we had the place to ourselves it seemed. Very odd for such a nice place to be so empty.

We had a nice view of the valley and the city within it. We had the pool just outside our balcony. We had lots of helpful staff around to do almost anything. We had a playground less than a hundred yards away. We had beautiful weather all week, including the brief rain one afternoon and a lightning storm one night. What more could we ask for? We were truly spoiled this last week.

A few stats from the trip for those who care:
Total distance driven – 1140 kms (just over 700 miles) roundtrip
Total driving time – just under 17 hours roundtrip
Average driving speed – roughly 70 kms/hr (under 45 mph)*
Fuel burned – 114 liters (roughly 30 gallons)
Average fuel economy – 10 kms/liter (roughly 24 mpg)

* - we got several comments from people that they could not understand how we were able to drive so fast. So fast?!? And average speed of 45 mph over 700 miles does NOT feel fast to us, but under these conditions, we made good time.

And for those who really care:

Total Driveway Shovels – still 0!!!