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He drove all night, and he has glaucoma. I'm surprised he made it.
Huh. That's true, I hadn't thought about it that way. He does have one relatively good eye. There are appts with all his eye docs next week. He hates that visual field test. I used to kid him about my excellent peripheral vision...that was before we found out he's slowly going blind. I don't tease him about that any more. But so far the eye drops are working and his vision is stable.
He's always been great at night driving. He'll leave the Bay Area in the late afternoon, then show up in Scottsdale 16 hours later. There are stops for fast food. Sometimes he takes a nap sitting up. Even so, I couldn't do it.
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He's always been great at night driving. He'll leave the Bay Area in the late afternoon, then show up in Scottsdale 16 hours later. There are stops for fast food. Sometimes he takes a nap sitting up. Even so, I couldn't do it.
Ouch, I drove (once) from Littlerock AR to Taos, NM with 3 stops, it was 17 hours......My hat is off to him doing that.
I got AAA as soon as I was divorced. That and a cell phone. It was 1993, and I never leave the house without either of them in the past almost 40 years. I vowed I'd never be stranded and have to call him. Now, even though I have a wonderful hubby, even he can't tow a dead car without a tow truck, so we've kept it all these years. Because we traveled in the mountains, and around the country, we always get the premium plan because long distance towing is expensive, and we're willing to pay the extra for peace of mind. We've even added trailer towing to our tow plans for when we are using the travel trailer. As American Express says "Don't leave home without it".
Unfortunately the folks up in Virginia last week learned another valuable lesson. Don't travel in freezing weather without warm clothes, snacks, water, and blankets/sleeping bag, unless you're just driving locally to places where you could get out and walk to safety if you had to. The interstate in a snow event??? You better bring all the gear, including something to help you drive out of a "stuck in the snow" situation. I keep a blanket with an outer waterproof layer stowed in my spare tire well at all times too, just in case. It's been a lifesaver so many times. Like the boy scouts....be prepared.
Oh, I forgot to mention: When he arrived yesterday, the first thing he said was, "Why don't you go out to the highway and see if you can find the part that fell off?"
I think the two of you better shape up ,forget all these adventuresome endeavors and plan on more couch potato activities!
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