Windy City

Ready to go boating!  or swimming!  but alas, the wind was too strong and neither could happen :-(  Red flag at the ocean meant no swimming.  But all this means is that we have to go to Pensacola again which we think is a fabulous idea!

Blue angels

The blue angels of the Navy are based in pesacola.  They sometimes are as close as 18 inches apart! Due to sequestration, they are on hold right now :-(

177 stairs

Lighthouse in pensacola, FL. We climbed to the top!  All 177 stairs

Margarita Awesomeness

Emily's awesome former coworker Janet!!!  She was the greatest Pensacola tour guide and a blast to hang out with.

Friday schedule:

Drove around Pensacola (downtown and beach)

Saw the Pensacola beach ball water tower

Went to Joe Patti's fish market and got sushi!!

Margaritaville (see below)

Lighthouse

Naval aviation museum

Pool 

Home-cooked mustard and maple syrup chicken dinner

Oh the view...

View from Janet and Duane's place on the beach!

Double trouble

Double drive through.......only in the south.  Driving through Alabama.

Middle GA

CEB friend RachAel with hubby Jeffrey, and cute baby Marshall (who was in the process of sneezing).

We have had an anonymous request for more "meat" in our blog posts.  We will now include highlights of daily activity!

Asheville to atlanta
Bbq lunch
Drove around GA tech campus
Atlanta to Macon, GA area to stay with Rachael and family

Bbq delishness

Yummy bbq for lunch

Hoplanta

We were only in Hotlanta for a hot second but tim was still able to get some Hoplanta

Beer week

It is beer week in asheville so naturally Emily gets cider :-) Asheville was named Beer City USA recently.

Last-minute hostel

We didnt have anywhere to stay in Asheville, NC so we called a few hostels and were lucky to find this one! Asheville Hostel and Guest House.

Charlotte to Asheville, NC
NASCAR Hall of Fame
Check into hostel
Wicked weed restaurant was closed for private event so just went to bar
Ate tapas style around Asheville instead of eating at one restaurant

Nickname Needed!

We need a nickname for our car! (Subaru Outback). Tim's mom graciously let us borrow her car for the trip and we want to give her a name.  Suggest away!

Slurpeeeeee

7-11: official drink sponsor of emily and tim's 10,000 mile adventure

Vroom vroom

NASCAR hall of fame. Charlotte, NC. We learned a ton! Cars only have 4 gears, tire change happens in 12 seconds, etc.

Memorial day bbq

Tim^2, Rachel, and Emily in Charlotte, nc! Couldnt fit their two cute dogs in the picture.

Carolina blue

Politicking with dwass and Katie in chapel hill. Best indian food this side of delhi :-)

Water

Atlantic ocean. We are going to touch as many bodies of water as we can on this trip.

Doppelganger

Tim's twin Cam from vermont.  We are at the norfolk botanical garden for kathryn's wedding!!! Beautiful ceremony location.

Cool car

Googles street view vehicle! This is how they stalk the world for google maps

The doctor is in

Dr. Clifford! Norfolk,VA

And We're off!

Leaving for our first official stop - Suffolk, VA to meet with our awesome wedding photographer!

All our bags are packed, ALMOST ready to go...

We leave in two days!  Emily and Tim's first pre-road trip picture - at the request of Megan P :-)