Monster Road Trip Georgia Leg

We started off our road trip in high spirits and ready to cross some southern states off of our list! We hit Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama all with pit stops. Note for posterity- Alabama had the best rest stops. Mississippi was the scariest, and Louisiana was somewhere in the middle. We also had a specially curated playlist with songs about the individual states that would be cued up to play right as we crossed the border into the new state- thanks to dad for doing that while mom drove.

Speaking of songs- the best of all the playlists was of course "The Devil went Down to Georgia". Having only ever heard that song on the radio we as parents were not prepared for the bad word that we blasted at top volume throughout the car. Oops. We enjoyed our time in Georgia. We stayed with Collin's college roommate, Brian, and his family for two nights. We went hiking, and swimming, and grilled hamburgers. Their oldest three lined up pretty well age-wise with our youngest three, and they had a great time playing and hiking together. Georgia was beautiful, and we had a blast! 

Unplanned new BFF matching jammie moment.

This year's snack bracket. Collin almost got out of the car and walked home when he thought original goldfish were going to win. Unmarked on the snack bracket was what we all agreed was the worst snack bracket item of all times- baby bananas. They looked like poop, smelled like baby food, and got thrown out the windows where MAYBE some scavenger animal ate it.