(On The Road Part Three)

We all travel for many different reasons, but one defining feature for any type of travel, whether for business, pleasure or pure adventure, is that it breaks you out of your day-to-day routines. If you work at home, and your family basically consists of your spouse and a dog, as ours does, then travel will throw a monkey wrench into just about everything.

One big reason for Cookie’s initial displeasure upon embarking (pun intended) on her first big road trip was this total disruption of her daily routine. Our day at the beach might wel...