"This mass of humanity is blocking the trail!"

Okay, technically I think that quote is from Yukon Trail (Oregon Trail for poor children), but it fits. 

We travelled over 700 miles on our first day, and currently in Tennessee (somewhere between Chattanooga and Murfreesboro).  Highlights from today:

-We stopped for lunch at a Wendy's, and the cashier was friendly and super efficient.  I was surprised, as the majority of Wendy's employees are really slow in southwest Florida.  I was however, disappointed that the boneless wings are just saucy chicken nuggets.  No need for that kind of attitude from my food.

-Thanks to my poor planning, we got stuck in Atlanta rush-hour traffic.  It was as bad as expected.  Ben was driving at this point, so it was quite the road trip initiation for him.  At one point, he had to get over 3 lanes of traffic to stay on the right interstate.  You're saying, big deal, it's not THAT hard to move over 3 lanes during rush hour.  False.  It's really intense when you can't SEE OUT THE BACK WINDOW.  And a truck pulling an Airstream in front of you keeps randomly braking.  Ain't no wagon train ever had to deal with none of that craziness.

-So we wanted to go to Zaxby's for dinner.  We must have seen 5 before we were ready to stop.  When we started to look for one, they were nowhere to be found, so we stopped at Panda Express.  I should mention that this Panda Express only had Caucasian employees (?).  Also, I got an actual fortune in my fortune cookie.  It said, "Long life is in store for you."  Very encouraging.  Ben's stated, "You are an adventurer- travel the highway of life."  Not really a fortune, but definitely fitting under the circumstances.  Anyway, after we left Panda Express, we saw 2 or 3 Zaxby's at the exits afterwards.  Fiddlesticks.

-Not too long after we left Chattanooga, we ran into crazy fog.  Like, "Voyage of the Dawn Treader" nightmare-land fog.  We couldn't see more than 5 feet in front of the car.  It was awful, but Ben did an awesome job of driving really slowly and carefully.  Kudos to him.

-We gained an hour!  It's pretty magical how we will gain an hour almost every day.  Like time travel or something.  Maybe we can gain more time by going 88 mph?

More to come!