On Monday we set out up the Natchez Trace at about 5:30am on our way to Virginia. We had heard how gorgeous the Dogwood trees were up the Trace, but not at 5:30am in the pitch black dark! Who planned this leg anyway....
It was light by the time we got to Alabama, and the Trace was indeed beautiful all the way into Tennessee. We even saw two turkeys! Once up into Nashville, we headed east, finally stopping for the night in Baileyton, TN, a very small town. We visited a little grocery store where we bought fresh homemade jam and homemade black licorice for Grampa. We ate dinner at Baileyton Restaurant, the only place in town besides the truck stop. We met a retired Greene County Sheriff's Deputy and Kristian exchanged police uniform arm patches with him. On our way back to the campground, we passed Baileyton Bar & Grill. There were two old pick-up trucks, and a saddled horse tied to the hitching post. I wish I'd snapped a picture! After all, its bad to drink and drive, and the horse probably knows his way home!
We started (not as early) the next day towards Virginia. Once at the border, we stopped at the welcome center to take a break. They had a big map of the US and encouraged people to put a pin on your hometown... we were the only lonely pin on the west coast!
We stopped in Christiansburg to meet a friend for lunch who lives not far from there. We had a great time at Cracker Barrel. It was the second time that we had eaten at Cracker Barrel, but we still forgot to take home the cute little syrup bottles... oh well.
After driving all afternoon, with a sketchy Richmond bypass (no one merges well in VA, and the freeway was worse than freeways in LA! We need to see a Chiropractor after bouncing around so much, whew) we finally arrived in Williamsburg. We were exhausted, so I found a grocery store to shop for the next few days, and also a pizza place called DaddyO's and brought back pizza for dinner. We were all in bed early, we were so tired!
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