When I woke up at 12:45 this morning to the sound of Lilly vomiting, I didn't think it was going to be a good day. When Lilly wouldn't go back to sleep at 1:30 this morning, I thought it was super cute that she kept giggling and saying "Hello!", but I was sure it wasn't going to be a good day. When we woke up late because Lilly kept us up until 2:30am, I was positive the day was going to be awful.
It was a great day. We got everyone out of the hotel in a hurry, grabbed breakfast and filled the gas tanks and were on the road by 7am. We headed out of Wichita, KS and were on our way. We had nine hours of driving ahead of us.
Lilly was asleep before we were out of Kansas. I yelled back to Hana as usual, "We're in Oklahoma, Hana!". From the back of the van I hear, " We're in Oklahoma? Saffron! I mean, Toto! I don't think we're in Kansas anymore!", and so we began our laughter filled day.
I don't have much to say about Oklahoma, I think Hana said it best, "At least it's not as flat as Kansas.".
We stopped a few times for potty breaks and snacks and hit Arkansas before lunch. We stopped at a gas station in Razorback territory and unloaded everyone for one more potty break. As usual Lilly found a doll she wanted and some juice and a snack. The man behind the counter asked Lilly if the doll was her baby and Lilly said "Baby. I'm a treasure. I'm pretty special." and he was so tickled with her he gave her the doll for free.
We got stuck in traffic as we got closer to the border of Tennessee and the girls were chatting about some book series they both love. Hana said that one character should give another character a rottweiler puppy. Ria said that a dachshund should be the pet given as a gift. They discussed the merits of both breeds and Hana insisted that because of something that happened in the book, a rottweiler was the better choice. I was only half listening to them when I heard Ria say, "Hana you shouldn't say that rottweilers are better in front of Saffron. You're going to give her low self esteem! You're hurting her self esteem right now!" We all laughed so hard! Ria has a really dry sense of humor, but she cracks us up!
We finally arrived at our hotel, got settled and headed out to dinner. We ate at a BBQ place called Marlowe's that we saw on Diners, Drive Ins, and Dives. It was fantastic! We ate corn fritters that were wonderful. John had some mouthwatering brisket with beans and coleslaw, Ria had a fried catfish sandwich. Hana and I ate BBQ spaghetti, something I would never have imagined eating. It was homemade pasta topped with BBQ pork and the house BBQ sauce and it was amazing! The rolls were deep fried and tasted like zeppoli, only less eggy. The mac and cheese that came as a side with Hana's was dinner was a beautiful thing. I highly recommend it to any one visiting.
We came back to our hotel to swim in the guitar shaped pool
and now we're all chilling out and listening to the pouring rain outside. Occasionally walking out on the balcony to see the flooding in the parking lot.
Tomorrow is a short day, so we are going to try to sleep in and find a good place for breakfast.
So here we are,a family of robots, in Memphis, Tennessee.
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| The lobby of our hotel, which is right next to Graceland. |
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