On our final day of our trip, we had about 600 miles to drive in order to get home. We left the Hampton Inn Chattanooga-North / Ooltewah around 9:00am and drove for about 3 hours before we decided to stop in Bristol, Tennessee for lunch. We needed a lunch spot where we could get out and stretch our legs, so we found a place called Cootie Brown's that looked pretty good. There was a short wait to get a table as there was a lot of race fans in the area and there was a race going on nearby. It was well worth the wait thought as the Beale Street pizza I ordered was amazing!!! It had BBQ sauce, mozzarella, BBQ chicken, bacon, roasted red peppers, red onions, smoked mozzarella, and cilantro on it.
After getting back on the road, we made a brief stop for gas at an Exxon station outside of Roanoke, Virginia where the kids got to get out and stretch.
After our gas and stretching break, it was a straight shot home and we got home around 8:30pm.
Overall the trip was great. It was so nice to get out on the road again after a long hiatus and put some miles on the car. The drive down to New Orleans was a lot of fun and amazing. The beach at Gulf Shores was as good as you can get. In fact, the girls said they liked it so much we are considering going back there for Spring Break in 2023. The weather was pretty good the whole time. I couldn't have asked for a better couple weeks on the road. It makes me look forward to our next roadtrip coming up in July to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
