Day One on the Road (from Statesville to Nashville)

We hit the road this morning and quickly made our first pit stop for breakfast.  Within 10 minutes of being on the highway, Sarah was sick--she got food poisoning from our breakfast.  Fail number 1 of the day.

I hung all my clothes in the back of my car like this...

About 30 minutes into the trip, they looked like this...

Fail number 2 of the day.

Nevertheless, we have about 400 miles under our belts, and we arrived safely in Nashville.  It was almost impossible to drive through Asheville without stopping to see Ponder and hear Waylon say "I wuv you Em-a-yee!"And it was everything I had not to pull off the highway in Knoxville and stroll down memory lane on Good Ole Rocky Top. But the highway was calling us, so we kept going and finally made it to Nashville.  A table for 5 at Bricktops Restaurant was just about the most perfect evening in the world...good food, great company!

Things that are NOT failing:
I have the best co-pilot in the world. 
My soon-to-be sister-in-law packed us the world's best bag of snacks.
Emily Nance already booked her flight to Dallas to visit in September.
Pit stop in Nashville/the Kimbrough family.
Phone call from Lindsey Ogus to check in.