We just arrived back in Austin, safe and sound. Another trip up to Chicago complete. This leg of the journey, from Fort Smith Arkansas, takes about 8.25 hours, with a couple of brief stops. About 8 hours driving total. Not too horrible, and most of the roads are fine. The sucky part is going through Dallas; I think next time we’ll go a little out of our way and go through Ft. Worth instead.

Now we need to unpack, clean up, and re-stock the fridge. The apartment was a little stinky, but not super hot–I was afraid we’d come home to a broiler. (It’s about 90 degrees out right now and sunny.) Luckily, the apartment is so small that the AC cools down the place pretty quickly.