Friday: 3-20-09 (Pre-Day 1)
The day before we left, I cleaned out the car and we packed but did not load the car which slowed down my morning plans, just a little.
Saturday: 3-21-09 (Day 1)
We left for Mississippi on Saturday the 21 of March. I wanted to head out at 4a.m. but that did NOT happen. We packed up the car, checked our list twice, (What? Do I look like Santa?)We did get out the door and down the highway by about 5a.m. Not bad!
The drive was long and tedious but Jonathon was a HUGE help! We were pleased to see the sign that said we were in Mississippi and stopped at the best Rest Stop/Visitor's Center I have ever been to. It was CLEAN! Not just clean but REALLY CLEAN! They give everyone free soda or coffee! (I will be a regular in the future.) Then we trucked it on down to my parents home. That was only about 1 1/2 more hrs of driving. About 8-9 hours total, one way.
(Side Note) When we got to Madison, MS We stopped at a Wal-Mart. No big deal right? Well this was the prettiest darn Wal-Mart I have ever seen. Even the parking lot was fancy. Come to find out the mayor of this town made a rule that any new buildings had to be built with specific bricks and had to look a certain way or bye-bye business! As a result, Wal-Mart not only changed their design for this town but redesigned many of their new Wal-Mart's to be like this one.
We arrived at my parents house. Hugs and kisses were distributed. (sloppy ones from their sweet dog Maggie)
My kids were Exhausted!
The drive was long and tedious but Jonathon was a HUGE help! We were pleased to see the sign that said we were in Mississippi and stopped at the best Rest Stop/Visitor's Center I have ever been to. It was CLEAN! Not just clean but REALLY CLEAN! They give everyone free soda or coffee! (I will be a regular in the future.) Then we trucked it on down to my parents home. That was only about 1 1/2 more hrs of driving. About 8-9 hours total, one way.
(Side Note) When we got to Madison, MS We stopped at a Wal-Mart. No big deal right? Well this was the prettiest darn Wal-Mart I have ever seen. Even the parking lot was fancy. Come to find out the mayor of this town made a rule that any new buildings had to be built with specific bricks and had to look a certain way or bye-bye business! As a result, Wal-Mart not only changed their design for this town but redesigned many of their new Wal-Mart's to be like this one.
We arrived at my parents house. Hugs and kisses were distributed. (sloppy ones from their sweet dog Maggie)
My kids were Exhausted!
2 comments:
I love the changes you made to your Blog! It looks Fabulous!! I can't believe how long it took. It looks so beautiful down there. I wanted to leave a quick comment before I read about the rest of your trip! :)
Jennifer
Looks like you had a wonderful trip...I love coming back home from a long drive and crashing just like John and Emma! THose were the days...to be a kid! Thanks for sharing your experience with us!
Emily
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