It was the shortest day of the year but the longest drive ever.  On Saturday, we left the house at 11:30 am.  The drive started out well but then as 1-580 was merging with I-5, it became a bumper-to-bumper nightmare.  Here’s a photo of Kumquat when we stopped for lunch at Panda Express.

Luckily, Kumquat did well on the drive down.  However, at about the 7-hour mark, she was done. We were all done.  Fortunately, traffic was moving past Kettleman City but it took us about 6 hours to get half-way down and then a total of 10 hours to get to Cerritos.  *sigh*

When we arrived at the Magical House, it truly was magical.  My mom had prepared a tasty Chicken Rice dinner and had ice cold Singha waiting for Jes.  Thanks, Mommy!!