You Never Sausage a Place Like This: A Roadside Stop at South of the Border

Smiling boy standing beside a camel statue wearing a sombrero inside South of the Border gift shop in South Carolina

Day Two Started With a Warning Light Day Two of our Washington, D.C. road trip didn’t begin with neon. It began quietly — 6:19am, no alarm, just that restless travel energy humming under my ribs. I wrote the previous day’s journal entry while my son slept. Pancakes were my strategy for waking him. It worked. … Read more

Orlando to Alabama Road Trip #1 – Day Three Itinerary

Roadtrippers map showing the Day Three driving route from Dothan, Alabama through southwest Georgia and back, with multiple cemetery, museum, and roadside attraction stops marked along the way.

Promises kept. Curiosities followed. Hearts lightened. Day Two of our first Alabama road trip was a careful balance of wandering and personal business. Day Three leaned into that rhythm even harder—finishing what needed to be done first, so the rest of the day could belong to curiosity, color, and the open road. We had two … Read more

Dothan Visitor Center & the Kingdom of King Peanut

Front entrance of the Dothan Visitor Center, home of King Peanut and local travel information.

Alabama Road Trip #2 — Last Day, First Stop Dothan has a way of sneaking up on you.It looks like any other Southern city from a distance—busy roads, familiar storefronts, the promise of breakfast somewhere nearby. But if you linger just a moment, if you slow down enough to look, you realize this town is … Read more