Pitfalls of Going On Vacation

Unless you let someone or something else take you to your vacation destination, you will be driving a vehicle...  either your personal vehicle, your family vehicle, or a rented/borrowed vehicle...  and, unless you are the type of person who ALWAYS DRIVES THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT or lower, you run the risk of getting stopped by LAW ENFORCEMENT and given a speeding ticket which on the surface is not very much (including court costs or whatever else they add on) but there are points that are assessed against your driver's license which depending on the number of tickets you receive could cost you to lose your driving privileges.
         

However, since there are far more drivers the highway patrolmen and other law enforcement that helps out from time-to-time, the odds of you getting a ticket are actually slim and far between.  For a while there, I was getting a moving violation ticket about once every ten years which neither impacts one's bank account or insurance premiums very hard.  In fact, if you stay inside a pack of cars that are moving faster than the posted limits, the odds are that the WHOLE GROUP WILL NOT BE STOPPED and if they stop anyone, it will be the first car or the last car in the pack.

So, driving to and from has never really bothered me but this has...
in order to go on vacation, there is always a list of STUFF that must be done before you leave, like:

• mowing the lawn
• checking our the vehicle
• gathering up clothes
• gathering up food
  
• making lists of items not to forget
• making sure the pets are cared for
• putting the water tank on vacation
• unplugging numerous plugs from outlets
• leaving a light in the hallway burning
• cleaning the house - people that care for pets come inside
• packing the car
• getting to one's destination
• not liking the accommodations
• bad weather
• not planning enough or too much

and then, once you return, you must:         

• unpack the car
• wash the dirty clothes
• put away items
• wash the car
• take care of neglected pets
• mow the yard
• clean the house
• redo everything that was undone

NOW...  when I was working (retired now), right about the time our week of vacation was over, I had relaxed enough to start really enjoying our vacation...  only to find, it all had to be rewound...

BEING RETIRED...  is really the only way to go on vacation to get the absolute most out of the experience.