There's No Place Like Home

Well, the dirty clothes suitcase is now stuffed full, the kids' vitamin bottle is empty, the car snacks have all been eaten, the travel toothpaste tubes are all squished, and Ethan has colored his USA map with license plates from everywhere except for Hawaii, Alaska, and North Dakota  -- vacation must be over.  We left Georgia bound for Virginia, and then PA.

We managed to find one last "Drive-In" from Guy's show, The Beacon Drive-In in Spartanburg, South Carolina.  It was a hit -- good food, and lots of fun to hear the guys call out the orders!

Then it was northward to our last hotel.  We arrived in time for a beautiful sunset, and a trip to the hot tub and pool.

We stopped at Shenandoah Caverns on our final day.  A really cool (both literally and figuratively) place for a break while driving along the Blue Ridge Parkway.

 

Then it was a few more perilous highway stops for the state line signs, and then, after 3882 miles, we were finally home.

I love the Sheetz van that we followed for a while which stated that Life's a trip everyday -- we have certainly had a trip of a lifetime, and we are already scheming for next year, so stay tuned!

Georgia On My Mind

I took over 700 photos in the two days we spent in the Atlanta area, so I will keep the commentary to a minimum and let the pictures do the talking.  We spent the first day at Stone Mountain which was the funnest day yet -- hiking trails, skyrides, a zipline, train rides, mini-golf,  a construction zone, a 4-D movie, a high ropes course, and an awesome laser/fireworks show:

Olivia was highly impressed with the train ride!

Our second day, we went to the World of Coca Cola (which included another 4-D movie, and a tasting room with coke products from around the world), The Georgia Aquarium and the cool fountain in Atlanta's Olympic Centennial Park:

We ended the day not at a Diner, Drive-In or Dive, but at The Flying Biscuit Cafe which is a yummy restaurant that was created by Indigo Girl, Emily Saliers who can pick her guitar as well as she picks her menu!

Whew -- I am exhausted just reliving it in pictures!