A Different Kind of Road Trip

In our quest to visit all 50 states together as a couple we decided to take a road trip through the southern states. Let's face it, we didn't really have a desire to visit Alabama, Mississippi or Louisiana. SO my super sweet husband with his mad skills at finding deals, found a deal on a one way car rental from Orlando to New Orleans for $10 A DAY! We knew we needed to jump on that like stink on poop cause we have priced out one way car rentals before in the south and it was PRICEY! So the evening of June 23 we hopped on a plane and headed to Orlando. We landed later at night so we crashed at a hotel (yes, a Marriott hotel of course) to get ready for our drive the next day. On our GPS it said that it would only take about 6 hours from where our hotel was, so we knew the drive was totally do-able in one day and that we had plenty of time for stops if we needed. So off we went! The longest part of the drive was in the pan-handle of Florida. It really only took 45 min to an hour to get through Alabama....

and then another hour for Mississippi.....

We did stop a couple of times to get out and stretch our legs but when we would open the car door you really didn't know what hit you. It was seriously like a huge brick wall of extremely hot muggy sludge hitting you and making it hard to breath. YUCKY! I really don't know how people live there. It was disgusting. You were instantly covered in sweat/muggy humidity the minute you got out of the wonderful air conditioned car. So after our first stop, we really didn't make too many pit stops cause every time we did we always wanted to hop back in the car as quick as possible. I do have to say we did see really pretty scenery. But we didn't see any alligators or crocs on the side of the road. That would have been cool! Terrifying, but cool. Mississippi is a state full of nice people. We stopped at the welcome center to get our free state map and they were handin' out free fountain drinks! How cool is that! So needless to say, we lingered around there for awhile til we had our fill and then hit the road.

When we finally arrived at New Orleans we came to a quick decision that we never wanted to go back. The old antique buildings and houses were so pretty but other than that, it's hot, sticky, dirty, stinky and full of yucky things. We were glad we only had about 3 hrs there til it was time to hit the sack and get ready for our plane ride home in the morning. That's it! Three more states knocked off our list and only 19 more states to go!