Love your donut and burrito faces! I always want to stop and more local places when we drive down to Florida, but my dad's always like, "Oh look, there's a Wendy's." At least this time, I was able to try Bojangles! I mean, if we're going to eat at a chain, I'd like to eat at one that we don't have easily accessible to where we are! That meant Bojangles, Chick-fil-A (where I just recently learned is spelled Chick and not Chik ... mind blown~), and Cracker Barrel, of course. I think that with my kids, I'll want to do research to have plenty of exciting stops along the way!
Ooo, can't wait to see how you liked the AutoTrain! We did Amtrak during our Feb 2011 trip with our friends/cousins. AutoTrain would've been awesome ... IF any of us actually had a car to take with us, haha. I actually really enjoyed the traveling because I'm not a fan of plane rides, and the car is just way too long. It was nice to have more room on the train and to be able to watch movies without getting motion sickness like I would in the car. Plus, it's very relaxing knowing that we wouldn't have to trade seats so that my husband could drive while my dad rested.
BTW, mini Emma is awesome!!! I brought a Vinylmation to be my mascot on the trip, but I never even took him out of our condo. This trip I had my new video camera with me and a HUGE bag of pins, so I figured with that extra weight, I didn't want to also lug something extra around.