First Vacation Post

Okay, we made it to Atlanta late last night after driving in the car all day long. Things went fine until we hit Chattanooga, and then there was a wreck and a bridge shut down that had things really messed up. I think I slept through most of Chattanooga, so I missed most of that action and only have that to report second hand. In any case, all of us crashed when we made it to Greg's apartment and slept straight through to this morning. We got up, went to Mass at Greg's parish, ate lunch at Bahama Breeze (which closed while up in St. Louis), and then went with Greg while he purchased a new car. He is now the proud owner of a red, 2007 Kia Optima. It is very pretty and very nice. I was intrigued by several aspects of car buying in Georgia. First of all, the sales tax is figured into the price of the car so you don't have to come up with that. Second, all of the dealerships here are open on Sundays and apparently do quite a bit of business on Sundays. While we were there, I watched them sell four other cars besides the one Greg bought. Third, you apply for insurance while you are at the dealership and the dealership, not the DMV, gives you your temporary tag. Fourth, when you go to get the official tags for your car, you have to wait at least a month for the VIN number to be entered into the DMV system, you then just show up, show them an id, and they give you the tags for the car. Tags here only cost $20 and are always up for renewal during your birthday month. I must say, it seems much more streamlined than it is in MO.

Of course, it wouldn't be one of my vacations if there were not funny sites to take and share with my blog readers. Here is the first funny site I have seen on the trip so far. Greg refers to this street as Paris Hilton Road, which I'm sure you'll understand once you see the name. In any case, enjoy and let the jokes abound. Tomorrow morning, it's off to Savannah and totally blowing my diet! Oh well, what are vacations for. I plan on eating some of Paula Deen's fried chicken and I figure it's fried in butter!