YES!!! I'm glad someone else has experienced this.
My Paris #1 gets so excited to go to our friend Pattie's house. It takes 1.5 hours to get there and when we are about a mile from the house, Paris perks up and starts wanting to look out the window. When we stop the car, she goes bonkers to get to the front door!
On the other hand...she has no clue when we are almost home??? Or maybe she is just so exhausted from her exciting day...she is too sleepy to get excited.