To Iowa or not to Iowa?

I'm trying to decide whether to go to visit my mom's mom in southern Iowa this summer. Actually I decided that I would go several months ago, but time is slipping by and I'm letting the summertime opportunity pass, by doing nothing. 

Here are a few "cons":

-gas$$$$

- being in car with 3 whiney kids for ++ hours

-being in car with crab-ass spouse

-having to watch uncle Joe sit in his barca-lounger and use a pepsi bottle for a spittoon

-hearing about how them mexicans are trashing up the neighborhood

The "pros"? More to come.