Cross country drive from NC to UT

Since we have a house now we decided to finally get the rest of my things from my parents in North Carolina. Well, that involved renting a truck and driving it all back to Utah. It worked out rather well for us though since my parents gave us everything they are not using that we can use! We had a lot of fun with my mom and dad, but didn't stay long since we had the whole drive back...

The Big Coca-Cola 500 Nascar race was happening over Memorial Day weekend- so we went to downtown Charlotte to experience "Speed Street". All the sponsors set up booths for drawings and samples and they have concerts and all kinds of fun things for the whole weekend. Mark loved all the free samples- he thought it was like trick-or-treating!
Mark and my dad also got to race changing a tire- I don't think they are quite ready to join the pit crew though!

On the way back we stopped in Nashville and saw the Grand Ole Opry,
the Parthenon- which is just in a park in Nashville. It was really cool, but kind of a random thing?

And we stayed at the Heartbreak hotel in Memphis. It was really cool to see Elvis's mansion, planes and cars.

We also got to stop in St. Louis. We had to stop and have BBQ and ice cream at a couple of places where Mark ate on his mission- it was fun hearing mission stories as we drove through some of the little towns nearby.

We also got to stop at some of the church history sites like Liberty Jail, the Independance visitor's center and winter quarters. It was a cool experience to take the tours and learn more about what the pioneers went through. It sure makes me appreciate what we have!

-Ashlee