We started the trip, of course, from Carl's.

Signing out for the night, but here is a quick report. Nothing terribly eventful, and that is a good thing. We put in about 550 miles today, leaving from Fredericksburg at 12:50pm and arriving in Cookeville, TN at about 11:00pm. Thanks to some quick research from Jennifer, we were able to get some good BBQ in Knoxville at Dead End BBQ. Went another ~90 minutes (halfway from Knoxville to Nashville) and will launch again tomorrow from Cookeville to McComb, Mississippi via the Natchez Trace Parkway.

The car ran flawlessly with nary a hiccup, save for the rear accessory power going out, which means the kids don't have their cigarette lighter/power inverter to charge the tablet, netbook, etc. The temperature outside was warm but humidity was very low. Temperature inside the car was about 95 degrees which was bearable with all the water we were drinking and the low humidity. The car's water temperature generally ran between 84-87C which is excellent. Going up Afton Mountain in high gear/overdrive at about 65mph the temperature climbed to almost 90C. At another point through the mountains we had a stop & go situation for about 10 minutes (mostly stop) and the temperature rose and held steady at 93C. Not bad. No vapor lock issues. Lots of nice scenery along 81 in the mountains, too much truck traffic, but the Natchez Trace Parkway will be much better tomorrow.

The adventures really haven't started yet....stay tuned.