I'm thinking of driving up to Kansas

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I was emailing a friend and she was saying she was a wuss about driving, so I told her I like to drive. I went on to explain this story. Every summer when Mom had her condo in Durango Colorado, I would fly up. This year we had planned to take a road trip. My sister was living in Washington state at the point. We drove up to Yellowstone, and spent a night. When we left by the north entrance we then spent a night in Butte Montana. The next day we drove across the Idaho panhandle and halfway across Washington to get to my sister's. We took a trip over to Victoria B.C. with my sister and her partner. We spent one night at there, then a night before catching the ferry to Victoria, a night in Victoria, another night after coming back on the ferry at the same hotel - in fact, the hotel had a deal where they'd keep some of our stuff. Finally a couple of nights at my sister's again before heading back to the condo. We had spent a night south of Salt Lake City. Now, Mom had gotten a call at Patty's that her condo had sold. When we got back to the condo, we packed up the car. The buyer wanted one of the beds, Mom had a kind of sale of everything else, except the bed, so she had a place to sleep and a neighbor/friend loaned some folding chairs so we had a place to sit. (Those things reeked of smoke.) Oh, and the guy who bought the beds couldn't get them that day. On the day we had planned to drive home, Mom had to stay a few more days to sign documents, but I needed to get back to work, so I drove myself home, even spending a night in New Mexico. Now, normally I don't spook too easily, but I was kind of creeped out that night. So I watched some Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, for whatever reason, that made me feel safe. I was fine driving alone then, I don't really see a problem driving alone now, even if it is almost 25 years later. Do you like to drive? Do you feel safe driving alone? The only thing I worry about is breaking down on the highway.