Day Seven

Day Seven was a bit scary.  We tried to outrun a storm that was headed strait for us.  This morning we woke up as early as we could to get out on the road before the weather got bad.  But is was already raining by the time we started the car.

At one point I had thought maybe we had bested the storm.  Outwitted it's cold front.  The clouds had parted and a bit of blue sky had peeped through all the gray.

But alas this was not the case.  We hit hail the size of marbles and were forced to brave it out under a bridge.  Luckily we were not alone as about half a dozen others cars had stopped to share our shelter.  

Side Note: When I took this picture I didn't even notice that the street was named Dwight Mission Rd.  For anyone who knows what a fan of The Office I am, would know I was very excited to get a accidental shot of this street sign.

We did end up making a safe passage to Arkansas and from there on out the weather was considerably better.  But because of the foul storm we spent most of the time in the car.  Which played a toll on all who were present.

We did stop off for lunch at Cracker Barrel which was nice and Brandon found his much anticipated Mallo Cups.  He has talked about these Mallo Cups for about the last four states.  We all had a really nice lunch and was treated to a yummy dessert of, you guessed it, Mallo Cups.  Mmmm Yum Yum.

Since we left so early this morning we made great time into Memphis.  We had plenty of time to go slow and look around a little.

We passed over the Mississippi River on this old green bridge as we looked at a beautiful sky line of Memphis.  It reminded me of driving on the Bay Bridge into San Francisco.  But on a much smaller scale.

We had a nice dinner at a local Mexican restaurant but more important was that we got to have time to just be.  Just be outside the car, just be able to stretch , just be "Walking in Memphis".

We have learned that the storm has followed us and will break here tonight.  Luckily at the moment we are safe and warm in our hotel room and I am sure that we will be able to brave any weather that will come our way in the next 48 hours.  And before we know it we will be in Virgina where my sister and her family will be traveling down next weekend for Easter.  Then we will all travel to Connecticut together.  Making the last leg of out journey complete.