Bob and The Girls: Day Two of Road Trip 2015

We left Vickey's house with a friendly farewell gang, including the local wildlife.

We were on the road before 8AM. After crashing Vickey's house for the night, we were trying to get out without much disruption this morning, so we stopped at McDonalds for drive-thru breakfast. We ended up with a partial order, but didn't want to turn back. Have you ever watched three girls share one 'hushbrown'? It can be done if you preface the activity with, 'The first person who complains doesn't get another bite until I think you are hungry enough to appreciate food!' Before you question my sanity, they did each get a breakfast sandwich of their own.

Due to the changes in route yesterday, we were able to see the agricultural part of Arkansas. The girls saw irrigation systems, rice fields, etc. The highlight of the morning was the plane that they thought was going to crash. My sheltered kids had no idea about crop dusters. They thought watching the plane dive and turn and dust was the most entertaining part of today's first 100 miles.

We stopped at the Tennessee welcome center. We saw an Elvis statue (instead of Graceland).

We also saw this cool Memphis egg.

Notice the clothing BADkid chose for traveling today. I didn't get a picture in the traffic, but we did see St. Jude's. It was neat for the girls to see the building after reading the biographies of sick children each month when our envelope comes in the mail.

After Memphis, we drove and drove and drove. Finally at mile marker 126, we stopped for lunch. Due to the time (noon) we skipped the good exit. After thinking we would starve to death before the next 'good exit,' we took a risk. Did I ever mention that I don't gamble often because I lose? Exit 126 was a loser! We ate Subway in a gas station. Kennedy took the little girls to the restroom. Blake came out explaining that she didn't wash her hands because she could use the 'hanitizer' in the car. I started to send her back when Kennedy said, 'No Mom, that was the nastiest bathroom I've ever seen!' I had to go too. I agree. It was probably the nastiest bathroom in Tennessee. Apparently there's a shortage of bathroom cleaning supplies and ice at exit 126. I bought an 8 pound bag of ice for $2.47. We were glad to leave exit 126.

We made it into the Gaylord.

This place is beautiful.

The atrium is too amazing for words!

After checking out the area, we headed across the street to Cooter's (The Duke's of Hazard museum'.

One of the girls saw a pair of shorts and commented on the length. I had to explain the terminology 'Daisy Dukes'.

It's a neat little museum.

The girls will love that I posted their Daisy poses! We also found my parents in the museum.

Blake immediately took charge of Marshall.

We had dinner at the restaurant next door. They had live music and music memorabilia. The kids enjoyed the music and the SWEET tea. I'm reasonably sure the sugar to tea ration was similar to the boots to tennis shoes ratio in Nashville.