Day Three - Should have been easy!!!

Today was started on a rough foot, just for the simple fact that it came after yesterday. We were exhausted waking up and knew we had to get on the road to make it to our final destination, The Hart Family house. Instead of battling the cold, this morning we had wind. This was a bit of a challenge when loading the roof bag for yet another time but of course we did succeed :). 

-Side note- I would not recommend staying at the Howard Johnson hotel in Oklahoma City. It was located in an interesting neighborhood for 1, does not have an elevator for 2, and most items in the room did not work for 3!

Anyways, we left the the city at 6:30 am and were scheduled to arrive just outside of Nashville, TN at 4:30 pm! The rest of Oklahoma came and went without any big wows in my opinion. OK was the most boring state we have driven through thus far (not to mention we were driving in the dark 75% of the time.)

Another shot of the Oklahoma City sign going west bound, because we were in the dark last night!

 After Oklahoma, came Arkansas and the state was filled with the most gorgeous, lush, tree lined freeway. This was absolutely the most perfect time of year to drive across country. The trees were all full of leaves and had just started changing to the beautiful autumn color palette. Most of the state line signs for this leg of the trip were unavailable to pose in front of due to construction, traffic, etc. But the traffic was so light when we pass AR that she was able to literally stop on the freeway and I climbed into the construction area and returned into the car before another car even got close!

AR state line!

AR state line!

Most of today consisted of continuous driving and we were unable to stop to visit any landmarks. One of my favorite points of the trip was our random conversation we had comparing/filling in the blank about our two era's that we grew up in. This is how it went!

(Please excuse the inappropriateness in the below dialogue, I was delirious and running on 4+ hours of sleep)

Show me your........

Mom's Response - Under Alls!  Kelsey's Response - Titties!

Where's the......

Mom's Response - Beef!    Kelsey's Response - Party!

Shake and Bake is......

Mom's Response - a meat coating.   Kelsey's Response - Ricky Bobby's slogan in Talladega Nights

Mom and I in the car - Please note our really awesome Route 66 shirts purchased on Day 1

While stuck in first traffic jam of the day, along highway I-40 we saw our first celebrity in the state of Arkansas! Bret Michaels was driving through town and ended up right next to us! I guess we never actually saw him but I believe he was in there and saw us.

Eventually, we made it to our last state of the day Tennessee. I was very excited for TN because of a few things, Adam's family is from Memphis, TN and I am absolutely, positively obsessed with country music and have always wanted to visit Nashville!

State Line - was unable to get out and pose due the fact it was dead smack in the middle of the Mississippi River

Mississippi River

Memphis Skyline

The best sign yet! How could one state be filled with so much greatness!

TN was where we hit the second of the two major traffic jams where we were literally stopped on the freeway for 1 hour and the next exit was not for another 25 miles! After a long drooling final leg to our Day 3 drive we arrived at our destination, Brentwood, TN at 7:00 pm...2 and 1/2 hours after the initial arrival time. We were invited to state with my Mom's fraternity brother and friend from college! There house was stunning (just down the street from Dolly Parton and Carrie Underwood), dinner was delicious and conversation was hilarious. We reminisced about there college days, compared greek stories from then and now, caught up on children and jobs, and just all together had a great time! We decided to wait to take a picture of us until tomorrow, we had a rough day of driving and you could tell!

When sitting back and thinking about today there was definitely a "greek life" theme. When driving through Arkansas we ran across a sign that said "Delta Zeta (chapter name I forgot...oops) adopted the section of this freeway". When chatting with the Hart's in TN we talked about being a little sister to a fraternity, looked back on old photos, and conversed about the many aspects of greek life. I am so proud to be a Delta Zeta and I really do believe that once you pledge a house, you will have sisters for life. Thank you DZ for teaching me how to be confidant, classy, and passionate woman and I strive to live by our ideals each and every day. I am looking forward to joining the Greater Philadelphia Alumnae chapter and can not wait for my Delta Alpha girls to come visit!!

XO, KB