Thanks, Karen (for the laugh and the info). I plodded through cobra's thread and some of the others, too.
I had a nice time, although I don't feel particularly closer to W. We did avoid fighting, for the most part. The way sound carries in a campground kept us relatively quiet for the first two days, and then sharing a cabin with a friend kept her on her best behavior for the rest of the trip. On the way home yesterday (11 hours on the road with our DD5, finally arriving at 11:30pm), she either sat in back with DD5, or we listened to podcasts.
I'm at the point where I try to ask as little of her as possible, as I know that her answer will be some form of "no" or some sort of "test" of me. E.g., we were in a cafeteria yesterday morning and I asked her what time it was (I don't wear a watch, and my cellphone was in the van). Although she was wearing her watch, she said, "there's a clock on the wall over there." I looked at the clock, and then back to her, with, I am sure, some look of "I am tired of your sh!t" on my face. So, as I said, I ask very little of her.
Anyway, I'm surviving, not thriving, but "it could be worse" and "this too, shall pass" and "whatever" and "anyway..." and "tomorrow will be another day" and on and on.
I must get back to work. Thanks again for the chuckle.
