Illinois Vacation Day One

We left at 7:00 am which was on time. We thought we were doing good and trucked along for several hours. Then we stopped at a rest area outside of Macon, GA to walk the dogs and to have lunch.

Two problems with the rest area. First it was unbelievably hot. Hotter than Florida!! Second, the dogs were not allowed in the picnic area and I was afraid to leave them in the car, even with the windows down. So, me in all my brightness decided to drive on for awhile. This was at 12:30.

So we drove. Then we drove. After that, we drove some more. Do you know that there are NO rest areas between Mile Marker 108 and Mile Marker 308 in Georgia? It was one of those situations where you knew if you stopped at the exit, you would get back on to 75 only to discover a rest area around the next bend. But that never happened. 200 miles, no rest area.

Finally at 3:00 we stopped at gas station. Lo and behold, we forgot the jelly at home. So I went into the station and not surprisingly, no jelly. Alex will not eat any other kind of sandwich except PBJ and toasted cheese. Thankfully, we thought, there was a Chik Fil A at the same exit. Would you believe that JUST before we walked in a bus pulled up and filled the dining room and the drive thru line was around the building? Yep it really happened. So I told Alex we would stop at another CFA.

Afterwards, we hit Atlanta. It wasn't too bad although we hit a little traffic. In the heat of getting through the city, Alex points out a CFA. There was no way to stop there. On the north side of Atlanta, Dad and I were nervous that our luck would continue. After all, it had been a while since we saw a CFA sign. Luckily, we found one pretty quick, or rather, a sign for one.

We made a bee line for the exit. 1.9 miles to the left. Well there was no Chic Fil A that we could find anywhere in that 1.9 miles. NONE! Then there was the issue of turning around and getting back on the highway. The good news is we found a Subway and we got Alex a sandwich. Now before you think that Alex did not eat all day, we did have snack food that he happily munched on.

We stopped a little after 8:00. That would be 9:00 for you all on the east coast. Now it is time to sleep and start again tomorrow. Pray that it will be better and if not, that we won't run into any problems bigger than the little inconveniences we faced today. Love to all.