Road Trip

Last week, the Coopers took a bit of a road trip. Actually, it was a lot of a road trip. By the end of it, we would have hit: Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.

It was a grand idea. By grand I mean insane. But we Coopers are a crazy bunch, often up for any adventure that doesn't require lots of fore planning (well at least on my part). So we embarked.

The trip was an excursion to Atlanta, GA for a showing of Road to Roubaix. Normally the kids and I don't accompany Dave on his film trips but in this case we were going to mix business and pleasure. From Atlanta we would head to the Myrtle Beach area of SC to visit Dave's Dad and his wife. Then we'd head home.

We had five days to accomplish all of this. And we were to travel by car.

So my fellow traveling souls if you're up for it, I'll break down (in pictures) our trip day by day for you. So here's our first installment....

Day 1: On the Road

To keep the bigger one occupied (and to make me feel better about the 3 unexcused missed days of school) I required her to journal her trip. So armed with a fresh blank journal and a brand spanking new set of colored pencils the girl was ready.

Someone didn't make it far before dozing off.

Pit stop

Cracker Barrel. The official road trip eatery.

He was done. It was about 9 hours of travel at this point. We only had 3 more to go.

The kids cheered with glee when we got to the hotel room. Their absolute most favorite thing? The shower. I have to say, it was rather magnificent.

Ellie unpacked. Not sure what the gloves are for. Apparently she felt they'd be required at some point on our trip. You'll also notice she brought along a lizard and not one but TWO watches. You know, two watches are always better than one. I do love the way she arranged everything so carefully. It was most definitely done with attention to detail.


Next up Day 2: Seeing the Sights