Starting Location: Orlando, FL Destination: Savannah, GA Dining Locations: Cracker Barrel, St. Augustine Travel Time: 5 hours We departed sunny Orlando, Florida, at about 4:15 pm and hit the open road. Emily and Hunter had the car packed and ready to go when I got home from work so all I had to do was push on the gas! Emily… Read more »
Once again Emily and I will be embarking on a road trip across this great nation of ours. This time we are not sure what to expect because we are bringing our 14 month old son Hunter. The plan is depart Orlando Florida and make our way up to Kennebunkport and back in roughly 2 weeks. There will be many… Read more »
10/18/07 – 10/22/07 – Bryson City, NC After dealing with another summer of sweltering Florida, Emily, the family event planner and social director, decided that the Hayes family was going to take a much needed trip to North Carolina. The trip was perfectly planned out based on the last 27 years of almanac history, cross referenced by numerous websites predicting… Read more »
Road Trip Trivia – Final Results Congratulations – Drew & Fran Griffin Thank you all for playing along. We had so much fun thinking of questions and seeing how you were all doing along the way. We hope you had fun! I have put all the correct answers below in yellow. We are also including the percentage correct for each question…. Read more »
Lunch: Ted’s Montana Grill, Atlanta, GA Review – “Is this heaven?” No, it’s just Ted’s onion rings. Acting on a tip from our awesome cousin Amy Fuller, we ventured into downtown Atlanta to try Ted’s. Owned by Ted Turner (because really, what in Atlanta isn’t?), the restaurant is themed western style, but classy western as opposed to “throw your peanut… Read more »
Today was the last full day of our road trip, and we were feeling sad. But that didn’t last too long because Emily’s cousin Amy, who works at Zoo Atlanta, had free passes for us to see the zoo. We met her around 10 am and began exploring. Amy is an animal caretaker (not sure the official name) and she… Read more »
We got another great start to our road trip this morning as we again packed up our things and headed to breakfast. Once again we referred to the Road Food book the Griffins had purchased for us prior to leaving, and we found a little place called the Blue Plate Cafe where we had a down home Memphis breakfast. The… Read more »
After a very short night’s sleep, which we are actually getting used to, we decided to explore St. Louis. Because the weather was overcast and not the best for taking pictures, we decided to hit Union Station, where they had plenty of shopping to occupy a Mrs. Emily Hayes. Union Station was an old train depot that had been turned… Read more »
Today was a day I have been looking forward to since I was about 15 years old — the day that I actually got to see the Field of Dreams. We packed the car yet again for our travels, and we said our sad goodbyes to the Toney family The first stop was indeed the Field of Dreams in Dyersville,… Read more »
Today we packed the car and spent the rest of the morning hanging out at the parents’ before we left for Madison. The car has more stuff in it on the way back than on the way up. Emily says this is because we are taking “those stupid baseball cards” home, but I think it is because of all the… Read more »