Houston completely uprooted my vacation plans

I'm from Illinois, and my mother lives in Bayou Vista and 5 years ago she got my Grandpa's boat, but told me to come get it if I wanted it. 1200 miles later, as soon as I hit 59/610, I immediately talked myself out of trying to tow ANYTHING, I dodged death a dozen times in an hour, I can't imagine adding 20' of boat on top of that. Has it always been this chaotic?