We're back... from outer space...

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving holiday. Jason and I are back in Tallahassee, and quite tired from all the driving. Here are some highlights from the trip:

• Driving from Tallahassee to Winston-Salem on the day before Thanksgiving... 15 hours awful hours, but we did get to stop at an REI outside Charlotte to winterize ourselves for our upcoming trip to PA.


• Thanksgiving: turkey and sweet potatoe casserole and tiramisu... oh my!


• Jason's nephew is talking a mile-a-minute. Being around a kid who will repeat everything I say causes me to use the phrase "Oh, shoot!" more in 5 minutes than I have in the last 5 years.


• The day after Thanksgiving was spent glued to a What Not to Wear marathon, watching Nate, throwing the football, and meeting up with my friend Matthew from grad school
  
• Saturday we drove from Winston-Salem to Franklin, NC. Along the way we...
  
  
  
  • stopped in Asheville to meet a faculty member of one of the schools Jason's applied to (Western Carolina). We love Asheville.
    
  • checked out WCU as well as Cullowhee, Sylva, and Dillsboro
    
  • saw Quantum of Solace in Franklin at a movie theater that was incredibly serious about forcing you to buy things from their concession stand.
    
  • wussed out about camping since it was raining and miserable. Instead we stayed at the Carolina Motel (but I still used my sleeping bag because it was so cold). They had the cutest stray cat that I wanted to adopt, but I figured that Hazel would not be amused.
    
  
  
• After our amusing stay in Franklin, we drove home yesterday, stopping along the way at Tallulah Gorge State Park. We stretched our legs on a rainy hike down to the falls and back. If you're ever driving near Atlanta on I-85 or I-75, but you don't have to go to Atlanta, here are our recommendations:
  
  
  
  • Use 129/441 between Macon, GA and Commerce, GA. These roads keep us sane since they maybe add 30 minutes to our drive, but allow us to avoid all things Atlanta (crazy drivers, weird interchanges, and accident-induced stand-stills).
    
  • Stop in Madison, GA which is just off I-20 and hour outside of Atlanta. It is a really friendly town with loads of charm. We had lunch here and were just about ready call it home by the time we got our check.
    
  
  
• By the way, I really, really, really hate these flower bullets. If anyone knows how to get normal circles and squares, please let me know.

Edit: Thanks, Blogger help pages. Buh-bye flowers!