Oh joy untold! After nine hours on the road, we’ve finally made it to Atlanta, and are (hopefully) finished with the more boring part of our journey—which means, Let the Road Trip of Awesome begin!
We decided late last night that we were going to leave this morning, after I took the SAT Subject tests. So my day, in a nutshell, has been comprised of a one hour Literature test, a one hour History test, and nine hours in the car. But honestly, it was just a bit more eventful than it sounds.
I left New Orleans at eleven o’clock in the morning, Starbucks in hand, and radio turned up loud—jamming out to The Greatest Hits of Fleetwood Mac. We hit the Interstate for nine hours straight, stopping in or at least passing through all the major destinations between here and Georgia: Gulf Port, Mobile, Montgomery, Auburn, and (finally) Atlanta. The scenery was always green and flat, but there were some interesting sights: a Taco Bell “hiring if you’re smiling”, the outlet mall at Gulf Port, and the frat boys at Auburn. Finally, towards Atlanta, the route itself started getting a little pretty. The little round hills and tall, noble-looking trees beat green and flat any day.
Atlanta was a little tricky, because it has about a dozen lanes of highway curving through the city, and the GPS sometimes expects us to cross over about six of them at a time. Not going to happen, so we ended up taking a little scenic tour of Atlanta (purely by accident), and ended up finally pulling over on Pleasant Hill in north Atlanta. It’s eight o’clock at night New Orleans time (nine in Atlanta), and we’ve been driving since eleven. Plus, we’ve spent the day in four different states, so it’s understandable that we’re kind of tired.
Okay, that’s an understatement. To be honest, when we checked in to our hotel, we were downright delirious. (Someone couldn’t even figure out how to use the elevator at first. :p) I plan on staying right here in bed, with my sweatshirt, my iPod, and my book that I’m reading and not moving again until tomorrow morning. Because once we wake up, we’ve got three hours of driving to go. Compared to the nine hours, the drive to South Carolina sounds so easy.
And speaking of things that sound easy, I haven’t forgotten my hopes of accomplishing some of my 101 goals on this trip. I’ve been trudging through Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park all day (part of Goal #37) and the book is finally starting to pick up. Plus, I have big plans to knock out some other goals, like Visiting Katie (#28) and most definitely seeing two states that I’ve never seen before (#81). But I’ve done enough for tonight.
Until tomorrow… Arrivederci.
Goal #28 is my favorite =]
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