<p>Hubby, I and Krazie bought South West tickets for Thursday August 5, returning home Mon Aug 9 and got the $300 rt or $150 one way airfares. More importantly, Krazie now has 6 luggages or boxes that she can fill. We will visit 1 -2 days in Atlanta or surrounding area and then get to T-town by Sat. </p>
<p>Everyone who will be dropping their kids that weekend for OA or AA, do you want to get together for dinner Sat night at Full Moon or somewhere else?</p>
<p>I don’t know the restaurant but getting together sounds fun - would be a nice group.</p>
<p>Do consider if you want to try and get together before August! I posted a thread suggesting central/southern cal people consider that but no one has grabbed at the idea 
Its just a challenge to drive around this state!</p>
<p>Mom of four - sounds like a great idea, count us in.</p>
<p>The Student - I read your post and have been pondering what would work in order to get a nice group together. From Mission Viejo so your a ways away (mostly because of 5 fwy traffic through LA)- we’ll have to brainstorm for a central location.</p>
<p>^^</p>
<p>I met a Bama student from Mission Viejo, but I think he’s graduating this month.</p>
<p>Yes. I was thinking you were from Anaheim area. Interesting that we both are ‘avoiding’ the traffic! Alabama looks better and better! :)</p>
<p>Maybe Disneyland? Maybe Santa Clarita, Fort Tejon? The museums?</p>
<p>we are seriously considering a road trip. So Cal to Bama. Leaving Around Aug 2 and arriving in Alabama on August 7. then a quick turn around on August 9 and back on August 12. Has anyone from CA been brave enough to try this?</p>
<p>We are thinking of driving thorough Las Cruses NM, we have family there. Then San Antonio and on to New Orleans then up to Tuscalossa.</p>
<p>Any Opinions? Our reasoning is we have two daughters 15, 10 that would come and they would get a chance to see a lot. They want to see brother’s school…And it might be one of the last times our 15 year old will want to travel with us like this.</p>
<p>Yes! We have driven from Calif to Alabama and back a few times…at least 4 or 5 that I can think of immediately. Twice we did it when my mom had a stroke and we couldn’t get air fares at a decent rate. </p>
<p>When we did it the first time, it was when we moved here and our home wasn’t done yet, so we decided to drive instead of fly. We took nearly 3 weeks to get here…LOL…saw the country!</p>
<p>The next time we did it, we did it in 2 days…that’s become our benchmark. It’s an easy drive…across the I-40. It certainly helps if there is more than one driver!</p>
<p>And…if you stop at Cracker Barrel, you can pick up “Books on Tapes” and listen to them and drop them off at a later Cracker Barrel. Just be aware that there aren’t any Cracker Barrels in Calif (I don’t think), so you need to leave your last one in Arizona. </p>
<p>We’ve also done it across the I-10, but that takes longer. But, we wanted to see San Antonio and a few other sites.</p>
<p>We’ll be arriving for OA on Saturday the 7th and would enjoy meeting up with any CC’ers for dinner - great idea Mom of four.</p>
<p>^^^Count us in as well.</p>
<p>Driving back yesterday saw a car with Bama license plate frame (first one ever) getting off the freeway in Mission Viejo. I was tempted to tell hubby to follow and find out if they have a student there or were an alumni (although it was not an alumni plate). Always looking for a connection.</p>
<p>WOW!!! I’m impressed. </p>
<p>My girls keep telling their brother they’ll miss him and are hanging out together more –</p>
<p>BUT --I couldn’t get them to go along with a family road trip to take him to school. Want a week at the beach or some such with him. Wish there was a train option, that they’d love to do.</p>
<p>I know a Mission Viejo boy that was in CBH, but I think he graduated last year.</p>
<p>thanks for the complement…my kids are really special!</p>