Athens, GA to Jackson, MS

An eventful day on our first leg back towards Oregon... Once we got our Dunkin Donuts and got on the road the weather was beautiful and we were ready to go! Traffic through Atlanta was minimal - travelling in a giant city is really not bad on a Sunday. We did happen to see 5.. count them 5 DeKalb county sheriffs pulling over a mass of people all within a quarter mile of each other. One of them pulled back into the lane next to me only to pull over the guy next to me for not getting over for the OTHER ones pulled over at that spot.. it was insane but we got through ok.

We stopped in Birmingham for lunch at Jason's deli and wandered around the mall there near Samford for a bit to get some energy back as we had gone through the worst rain I have ever seen in a lightning storm that kind of came out of nowhere once we hit the Alabama state line.

After that it was a race to Jackson where we got into the same Mariott that we had stayed at on the way down to Florida. Same irritating staffer was on duty and I am not even sure what they are charging us for this room since I think I interrupted her 8:15 break. She should catch up at her 8:30 break though so it is ok!

Tomorrow's plan is to shoot for Wichita, KS but to stop in Oklahoma City if we are tired or push on to Hays, KS if we have lots of energy. There are Fairfields at each place so we know we have some place to stay that wont be like the Columbia mess last week.

We have 10 lbs of Dry ice in the cooler keeping our BBQ and Left over wedding cake frozen, including everything around the cooler since it is that cold. MMM BBQ...

-Nathan