The itinerary of last summer’s road trip was reshuffled a few times. This resulted in us missing a couple of cities, and we’d already had the t-shirts made – literally. Consequently, I’ve felt an obligation to get the kids to Birmingham, AL and Jackson, MS since last summer. I’d planned to do that over President’s Day weekend, but then “Snowmageddon Two” occurred, and our plans were put in limbo. The week at home with the kids was long and we were all rather bored and on each other’s nerves, so I decided to go for it – icy roads be damned.