Thursday, June 3, 2010

Day 1—otherwise known as the day we drive from sunrise to sunset…

Well, that’s not entirely true because the sun is setting now and we still have over 80 miles before we reach our destination. And I think the sun was actually up before we left (it comes up EARLY in Alabama!)—but you get the point—a LOT of driving was done today!

We have been in 4 states, crossed the Mississippi River, visited a National Park site, ate BBQ at a gas station (it was a NICE gas station!) and ended the day with a Texas-sized sunset.

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Here’s a few more pictures from today’s adventures:

day 1 002 Michael & I at Vicksburg National Military Park

day 1 004The girls spy their first Texas ‘longhorn’!

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Seriously at a gas station—but really good BBQ!!

Hopefully we will all sleep well tonight :-)

Edited to add: Traffic in Atlanta is NO-THING compared to traffic in Dallas. We went through no less than four "Spaghetti Junctions" and the volume was CRAZY for 9 pm on a Thursday night. My husband is an amazing RV driver. If it had been my turn to drive, we would have been going 45 in the slow lane, backing up traffic for miles!!

5 comments:

Sara said...

All the REALLY good BBQ is at gas stations in Texas...it's some kind of state law I think. ;) Glad you had a good day!

The Timms Family said...

Ha ha, Sara! Considering I enjoy the Waffle House on occasion, I'm probably not really eligible to comment on the quality of cuisine, huh??!! :)

Heather said...

So fun! BBQ at the gas station … we were just commenting last night about how that's not a good location for a restaurant. Apparently that's not true in TX :)

The sunset is lovely!! Can't wait to hear more! :)

Carol said...

Sounds like a busy and fun time so far - glad to hear that Michael is an expert behind the wheel of an RV, esp. with your description of the superhighways in Dallas!

Kate said...

Some of the best food that we had in Europe was from gas stations/rest areas! I will have to give Branon a heads up on this little secret, he is in Texas a lot!