[christiers]

We travel by car to Alabama every year for Thanksgiving or Christmas and have been doing so since 2001. If one drives straight through, I believe it could be done in 15-16 hours, for us it is always 18-20 hours. The first year we snuck the three furbabies into a hotel, I didn't sleep the entire night, worried they would bark or something. Since that year, we leave at night and just drive, stopping frequently for potty breaks and at rest areas to nap in the car. No more hotels for us, I am a defensive mommy and would get upset if we were asked to leave when the family with the skin children who are screaming and climbing the walls in the next room are acceptable.

And I trust so very few to care for them, leaving them behind....well it would just ruin our Holiday, so not an option.