road trip wrap-up.

The stats:

Miles traveled: 2,453

Days on the road: 10

Families visited: 10

Kids Judah and Amie hung out with: 17

States visited: 10

Cities slept in: 6

Nights we all four slept in the same room: 6

Favorites . . .

Album for the road: Babel, Mumford and Sons

Grocery store snack: Clementines

Restaurant: Corky’s Barbecue, Memphis

Coffee shop: Old City Java, Knoxville

Road trip app: Yelp

Hotel search engine: Expedia

Cable channel: Food Network

Movie source: Redbox (did you know you can return movies to any location?)

Best pre-trip advice we received: put Amie in pull-ups in the car

Best mid-trip advice we received: Papaya extract tablets (Whole Foods) work wonders for eating your way through the dirty south (I popped those things like candy whenever we ate out…keep away stomachaches, heart-burn, etc)

Best decision we made: only ate fast food twice in 10 days (with Yelp you can eat fresh, local food that’s also affordable)

Second best decision we made: promised the kids a mid-trip toy from Target

Random facts:

Judah’s toy choice: Iron Man with missiles

Amie’s toy choice: Sleeping Beauty set

David’s Starbucks order: Americano, black

Julie’s Starbucks order: Blonde roast with cream and sugar-in-the-raw

Various items we were given along the way: Set of Ikea glasses, spatula and tongs, hanging shoe organizer, two theology books, Snow White dress-up dress, a rice cooker, three bags of hand-me-down clothes for Jules

More random facts:

Weirdest town name: Arkadelphia, AR

Creepiest town: Texarkana, TX

Hidden gem: Little Rock, AR

City we’d most like to visit again: Nashville, TN

Warmest weather: Franklin, TN

Coldest weather: Little Rock/Texarkana

Most frustration expressed over Obama’s gun laws: Cracker Barrel, Greenville, TX

Only place we shot a gun: Greenville, TX

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Would we do it all over again? Yes!!!