Since there was no big rush this morning to hit the road,
Kory and I took a leisurely walk around the RV resort where we were
staying (that's our RV above). It was better than an RV sales
lot, as we saw all kinds of RVs and all kinds of things to add to them. The funniest thing we saw was three old guys
sitting in lawn chairs cozied up to the side of an RV with one of the under
storage bins open. Inside the bin was a
large screen TV, so they were watching the morning news, outside in the
sunshine. I’m sure they were thinking
“this is the life.” It’s certainly not
camping, that’s for sure.
We walked just to the end of our street and saw a “Beware of
Alligator” sign, which we kind of thought was a joke, until we saw an
alligator (below). We had to go wake Kaleb up
and show him, since he hadn’t seen one in the wild before. There were also huge turtles in that pond,
and lots of fish, so we lingered longer than we should have just watching
nature at work. Soon thereafter, we were
heading north out of Florida where the only nature we saw was dead on the side
of the road – turtles, armadillos, an owl, skunks, porcupines and even a dog,
sadly.
Another big thrill today was driving right through the town
where our beloved Grammy J grew up in Fort Valley, Georgia. I took photos of the exit signs off the
freeway and if we’d known the exact house or street, we would have detoured off
to see it. We saw they are the self
proclaimed “peach capital of Georgia,” so I guess that explains why Janet is
such a peach to everyone.
It was about a six-hour drive to Atlanta, where we met up
with my friend, Tami, again. We got to
her house long before she did so we detoured over to Stone Mountain to see
what’s become of the famous rock carving of the Civil War generals (below). Boy has that place changed since we were
there 20 years ago. So commercial and
they even charge $10 just to drive up to see it. It was free before. It was kind of a joke, really, but it was
another one of those things mentioned in a book Kaleb read so we had to go see
it, which took all of two minutes.
Tami only lives about five minutes from Stone Mountain so we
drove on over to her place and sat in her driveway and I made a yummy dinner which
I finished the minute she pulled up from work.
She invited another friend over so we all sat around and ate dinner and
yacked the night away. I was also able
to get more laundry done, so now we have clean sheets again. Woo hoo!
Although, the temperature has dropped so much I decided to put the
flannel sheet back on to keep warm.
We are ready for our last leg of the journey and Kaleb is
counting down the hours – anxious to get back home to his friends and
activities at church. I kind of dread
all that lies ahead, especially the taxes that must be done, but this little
break from our routine has certainly been a worthwhile one. We are blessed beyond what we deserve.
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