Wednesday is the day Paul got to meet his Bike Skirt blog buddies and see parts of Birmingham on their bike tour. The nicest gals, doing so much good for their community, full of fantastic eatery ideas to keep us fueled for our trip, and wonderful hosts and educators in all things Birmingham. (Paul’s blog post here.)
Adam loves to ride the luggage cart.
After a quick driving tour of one of the beautiful neighborhoods in Birmingham, we followed one of their leads to V. Richards, a terrific, local grocery store with some fresh options for our lunch on the road.
Some nice healthy, organic, natural options at V. Richards in Birmingham.
The kids all doing Adam's monster growl.
If you put your feet up on the console next to me, and fall asleep when there's Fruit Loops around....well....
And, thankfully, our path to Tennessee was quick. I think we packed as many stops as we do on longer driving days (we know how to turn a two hour drive into four hours like nobody’s business!). And we made it into Franklin in time to check into our hotel before heading to the our good friends for dinner. Everyone should be greeted so warmly by friends!!
That's Blair right there thinking, "I didn't plan for no camera!"
The main street in downtown historic Franklin.
We had a great time, having a home-cooked meal (Karthi’s poppyseed chicken), visiting old downtown Franklin, and seeing lightnin’ bugs for our first time! And, before we got into town too late, or the pool was closed for maintenance, we finally got to swim at the hotel pool–our first trip into the pool!
The kids caught some lightning bugs in a jar. A fantastic, fun evening for our first night into town!
The Epic Journey 