Road Trip Across America

Yes, we’re back and I’m finally sitting down to share.

This year, the kids had the same spring break.  Last year we had the kids in three different schools and on two different spring breaks.  So when the kid’s calendars lined up this year and the hubby took a volunteered week off due to job cuts at work, we figured it was a sign that we should grab the week and do something.  I didn’t count on starting a new full-time job in January, but we managed to incorporate the job into the spring break. 

I planned to have a CSDVRS booth at Deafest in Carbondale at the end of the week, so we decided to take a road trip to Hilton Head Island.  My sister works for Marriott, so we were able to snag a two-bedroom condo at a rock bottom price right next to the ocean. 

We stayed in Kentucky the first night and went to the Slugger museum the next day.  The kids and the hubby voted to eat at Hooters.  Sadly, the chicken was a disappointment, but the two older kids walked away with Hooters t-shirts.  That’s right, they decided to spend their travel money on trashy t-shirts. 

We headed out to Atlanta and stayed overnight at the Kurt’s house.  You may recall Karen Kurt from my previous BookHands post.  The Kurts have a beautiful house and they definitely do not miss the Chicago weather.  For one brief moment that night, the kids said, “Hey, why don’t we move down here?”  We are planning to go back and visit again because we didn’t hit the hot tub that they have sitting in their backyard.

We arrived in Savannah, Georgia in the afternoon and decided to eat at Paula Deen’s restaurant.  The sign on the front said it was booked for the day, but the hostess said she could get us in.  On Sundays, the Lady and Sons only serves buffet and the meal is quite southern.  Paula’s famous fried chicken, mustard greens, black-eyed peas and that baked macaroni and cheese were some of the things I recognized from her shows.  For dessert, we had to choose from one of four items but they all looked so good that I told the waiter that I couldn’t possibly choose just one.  He winked and placed all four desserts down.  Good gawd, the butter cake is amazing.  I don’t even want to know how much butter is in there, it was worth it even if it shortened my life by a day.

Part two is coming tomorrow– stay tuned to find some neat people that we met on the trip.