There are two main routes we can take to Birmingham, and they take the exact same amount of time. One route is south through the Carolinas, Georgia, and then into Alabama, and the other is more western, through western Virginia and then down through Tennessee into Alabama.
Snow prevented us from taking the western route on our way down, so we took advantage of it on our way up. We passed up the chance to stop at Dollywood (ha!) and were hoping to stop in Buena Vista and at the Natural Bridge, but it was too dark and cold by the time we got there. We had to settle for a scary stop at a ghetto Burger King in Roanoke instead. Almost as exciting.
A snowy route near the VA-NC border
A huge water tower peach in SC
Atlanta at sunset... with traffic. Super romantic
I really do love road trips, so it made for a nice, relaxing part of the holidays.
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Next time you decide to take the "western route" to Alabama, let us know! You can totally cut the trip in half with a stay in Knoxville! :)
Too bad you missed BV! I spent 3 1/2 of the best years of my life there and it's such a wonderful spot. You should have stopped at El Toreo in Roanoke. They have the BEST mexican food, though it was probably too late for that. :)
Did you feel a little bit like Joey Tribbiani when he was trying to decide if he should take the northern route to Las Vegas and see a man with a beard of bees, or the southern route and see a chicken that plays tic tac toe?
Glad your trip went well!
so you drove right by us and didn't even wave!!! you're in trouble! Guess you need to take another road trip to come wave!
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