We're home...

The drive sucked. We left at 2:30 PM and pulled in to our garage just after 4:00 this morning. Two planned stops only, lasting maybe an hour each.

First there was an accident on the 5 ahead of us at Broadway. So fine, I zigged over to the 405.

Then we got back on the 5 and there was this...

BREAKING NEWS : July 1 Fire Backs Grapevine Traffic Up for Miles

(LEBEC—July 1, 2009, 9 p.m.)—Closure of northbound lanes of Interstate 5 due to a wildlands fire forest land north of Castaic backed up traffic for miles during rush hour today, according to a Los Angeles County Fire Department public information officer. The fire was said to have consumed about 25 acres. At least three helicopters and a first-alarm unit comprising more than 100 people were dispatched to the fire, LACFD said.

But we're home now.