road trip!

So, after 3 days and nearly 20 hours on the road, we finally made it to Alabama. It wasn't too bad and Jake held up pretty well. We started off small Friday afternoon with a short 3 1/2 hour drive to Amarillo TX.

The next day we were off...a little later than we wanted, but still on our way. We went thru Oklahoma (the sooner state!)...
...and then Arkansas. There wasn't a good place to stop at the roadside state sign, so we stopped at the welcome center just a few miles from the border. They had REALLY nice bathrooms.
After 11 hours in the car, we stopped in West Memphis (which is still in Arkansas, not Tennessee) for the night. This bear was outside the restaurant where we ate breakfast Sunday morning. Jake got a kick out of it, but would only take a picture with the bear if one of us was standing with him.

Then just a few minutes into our drive on Sunday, we crossed over the border into Tennessee. We couldn't drive thru Memphis without making a quick stop at Graceland. So, we made a little photo-op stop.

Brooke and I actually made our first visit to Graceland about 5 years ago, but this was Jakes first visit:)

This is a shot of the museum that is just across the street from his house. That is one of the 2 planes that they have on display...the Lisa Marie. We walked thru it when we were last here and it was pretty pimped out!
We weren't in Tennessee too long before we crossed over into Mississippi. I think at this point, Jake was pretty sick of us dragging him in and out of the car to take pictures at the side of the road.
Unfortunately, when we got to Alabama, we weren't paying attention and we weren't able to get off to the side of the road to capture our final border crossing. Bummer! This was another short driving day...4 hours...so we made it into Montgomery by the early afternoon. We were grateful that our trip was safe. I have to end the post here because Jake is about to wake up from his nap but, i will write more soon of our Alabama adventures!