the road to Ohio

We made it,
what should have been a nice days drive turned out to be more of an ordeal.  On Monday we took the suburban to be checked out.  R had a list of things he wanted to be checked.  At the end of the day we got it back with an oil change.  We spent the day packing and cleaning and then the evening at a very fun pie party at the Marshes. 
Tuesday morning we woke up early and got everything in the car by 8.  We were on time.  The car didn't start.  We did get it going, then headed back over to Mr Tire, with a packed car and all the kids.  They fixed it, although we got to enjoy 3 hours in their lobby to do it.  I did walk over to Food Lion for a few things we "needed" for the trip, in the rain.  Our start was not  promising.
The rest of the trip was okay. The kids did well.  It rained the whole time, and the visibility was poor so we added a lot of travel time. 
We had a pleasant dinner stop at Cracker Barrel and pulled in the driveway a little after 10.  14 hours, should have been 9.