Road Trip Wrap Up - With Photos!

Just one more blog about the big road trip. With photos! We compiled our favorite state, moments and food.

State:  Michael's was Northern Louisiana. He loved the people, the feeling, everyone we ran across were happy and there was a certain calmness. I chose Kentucky, which surprised even me! The joy of watching Michael at the distilleries and the beautiful drives on the tiny back roads are we drove miles and miles through the Kentucky hillside was so memorable.

Moments: The top two have to be meeting and spending time alone with the famous Jimmy Russell at Wild Turkey, master distiller celebrating 60-years at the distillery and the other at Buffalo Trace with Michael sticking his head into a vat of 23-year old Pappy Van Winkle and inhaling.

But other favorites moments include dropping in on Michael's aunt and uncle in Decatur, Ill. and meeting Joanne and Jeff, dipping a Maker's Mark bottle in the red wax, spending time with Betty and Chip, having the Waffle House waitress sing to us, dropping in on the Duck Dynasty guys, and finally finding our horrible honeymoon hotel after 40 years.

Food: Ah, the food. The best? Hands down - The Singing Pig, Williams, Az. But runner up - Manny's Buckhorn in San Antonio, NM for their green chili cheeseburgers.

We are already planning our next trip, God willing. The only thing that gives us a pause are my lungs. I know I am creeping towards transplants and maybe, just maybe I will be well enough for just one more road trip.