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

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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

The Peach Water Tower of Clanton, Alabama

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A glowing peach-shaped water tower rises over a gas station at dusk in Clanton, Alabama, its bright orange orb set against a purple-and-gold sky.

A Juicy Detour at Sunset There’s a certain kind of road-trip delirium that only shows up near the end of a long day—when the sky turns purple, the gas station lights hum awake, and everything starts to feel a little surreal.That’s the exact moment Dusty and I rolled into Clanton, Alabama, chasing the most gloriously … Read more