home again, home again

I am exhausted. All I want to do is go to bed, which I plan to do as soon as I press the "Send" button. We tore home from Long Beach in a record-setting 6.5 hours, averaging 68 MPH. It took one hour to get from Alex's to about 1/4 way up the Grapevine; 72 miles in 60 minutes. Don't tell Officer Frederico. For now, let me just say that although the garden is a mess and will take weeks to restore, the house is as neat as I left it and I am very happy to be home. There are two huge bins of mail to go through, but it will still bed there tomorrow.