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We made it. After leaving Minnesota last Saturday afternoon (we're crazy and also did a birthday party first) we made it to Arizona. It took something like 53 total hours, 24 active driving, and involved transversing more than 1500 miles before we reached my parents summer home in the mountains Monday evening. That felt like the end of the long journey, even though it wasn't the final actual destination. Tuesday afternoon we tagged on the last couple hours and landed at last

We won't be traveling to Minnesota for either Thanksgiving or Christmas this year, with the baby due in December. So we decided to go in October instead and see family and friends, and just returned to Maryland last weekend. As we've done in years past around Christmas, we drove back. That way we'd have our own vehicle and we could bring our dog instead of boarding him. We didn't want to fly and attempt forcing our son to wear a mask either, which wouldn't work out. Making it