Leaving Apex

The night before our expected departure (June 16th) dad began our trip by working himself into a frenzy over having our passports. This was under the assumption that we would drive to Niagra falls. We then decided not to leave until the next morning and to wait until Wednesday. However Tuesday morning dad worked himself into a pre-roadtrip-hissyfit and insisted that we had to leave immediatly. Why you might ask? my guess is as good as yours but it might be assumed that he is in some trouble with the police. Additionally, he has decided that we will stay in the states rather than drive to Niagra. This supports my previous suspicions that the authorities are after him which is why he is avoiding any type of security or identification check. We proceeded north on some big road and stopped for lunch at a rest stop in Virginia. Its not yet a true vacation with dad until he pretends he forgot something really imporant. (Tickets, passports, wallet..etc.) In this case it was my suitcase. It's REALLY espcially hysterical after 18 years of him doing this; luckily i am smarter than him and have learned to pretend to be genuinly concerned. Atleast he got this over with early in the trip. After lunch we continued to drive. Somewhere near West Virgina dad admits that he doesn't know what road we've been on for the past two hours or in what direction we're headed. This trip looks promising already.