On the Road Again

There's a story to this sign. While driving to DC we started to see these signs for "The South of the Border." It started about 200 miles before the destination, soon the signs were every 10 miles, then every 3 miles. We must have seen at least 30 of these giant billboard signs. The whole time we couldn't figure out what "The South of the Border" was. Captions about a diner, a truck stop, reptiles, fireworks, Pedro has everything you could ever want, great for kids, wonderful for families, rides, etc. The signs intrigued us so much that we decided to hold off on getting dinner and wait to eat at "The South of the Border." By the time we got near, we were all pretty excited to see what the destination actually was. Even the kids were excited!

Just before the exit, traffic came to a stand still. We were thinking that a lot of cars must be getting of to go the "The South of the Border" was well. We then saw a semi truck with half of the trailer burned off. David exclaimed, free stuff! We should pull over and get whatever is left. Of course, I rolled my eyes at such a remark. We then saw cabbage all over the side of the road and on the truck. We both burst out laughing at the possible "free stuff." Green gold! I didn't get the joke, so David had to explain the Simpsons episode to me where Homer is in a similar situation but it's sugar, and therefore says, "white gold." Of course Homer actually picks up the sugar and trys to sell it for a profit. You probably would have had to be there. We had a good laugh.

Anyways, back to "The South of the Border"... Excitedly, we took the exit and soon discovered that "The South of the Border" used to be a large amusement park and many random things. However there was now boards on the buildings and the place was a ghost town. What a big disappointment! So it was back on the road to look for food and a break. At least we got a story out of it.



Sometimes you need to stop for donuts and donut hats.

Over 50 hours of driving in 2 weeks, that's a lot of time in the car. We're so thankful that everyone did great and our car survived (we had a couple of scares). We had such a great trip, that we're already looking forward to our July road trip with Matt and Libby.

Sleepy kids, thank goodness for blankies.