C Here

Well, I made it here to Las Vegas.  Leaving on Sunday morning helps make the drive much easier and faster.  Virtually no traffic in the Los Angeles area which is usually the first 40 minutes or so of the trip.  I even made it in time to catch the end of the Chargers-Ravens game.  And plenty of time to relax before the Bears game started.  And that was while taking it relatively easy without generally blasting well-past the speed limit when going through the desert, when you're being passed at 78 by those zooming well-over 90.

By the way, as I learned last year, Sirius/XM radio makes the long trip through the desert so much more enjoyable.  I listened to MSNBC almost the entire way, only on occasion switching between a few other channels and once popping in one of my own CDs.

I'll probably have to leave my hotel room before the game ends, though, to get to that CES Unveiled event in time  -- though I have Verizon's NFL app which will allow me to listen to the end of the game in on the drive to the Mandalay Bay where it's being held.  (The app includes the live video stream, but I'm just going to guess it's not a great idea to watch while driving...)