Departed Tampa Thursday about 2:00 for our first extended trip - 18 days. Also, first outside of Florida. Arrived in Lake City to meet our close friend Tim, who now lives there, for dinner. Nice Italian meal, good visit and overnight stay at Walmart. We were joined by 3 other RV’s and several semis. Friday slept in until about 9:00, hit the road and finally escaped Florida and entered Georgia. Stopped in Tifton at mile marker 63B to visit the Georgia Museum of Agriculture and Historic Village. I experienced my first senior (darn) discount (yeah) with $6 admission. Very neat place with buildings dating from 1870 to 1910 including Mr. Tift’s house built in 1887. Most buildings were hosted by docents in period costumes. The doctor’s house had the “doctor” explaining the herb garden outside and how each herb was used to cure various specific ailments. Other buildings included a blacksmith’s shop, printing shop (where Rosemary actually got to use the antique equipment to print a sample) and a gristmill where corn was ground into either cornmeal or grits powered by water wheel. Asked if we could park overnight in their parking lot and not only could we park there but they pointed out the water and dump station for Rvers. We were joined overnight by another coach who was also headed to the Perry rally.
Saturday morning after cleaning our tanks and topping off our water tanks, we headed for Perry, about 70 miles north. All going great until traffic virtually stopped at about mm 107. After creeping for a 1/2 hour, started the generator so Rosemary could make herself some tea. A few minutes later, Rosemary hit the head. After some more time, I needed to hit the head but there was nowhere to pull off stuck in the traffic in a construction zone with concrete barriers on both sides. So Rosemary jumped into driver’s seat so I could head to the head. I told her to just keep coasting and brake when getting close to the car in front which we had been doing for the last 45 minutes. That driver safety course Rosemary took was looking like time well spent. As I was just finishing up Rosemary exclaimed “we’re falling behind!” Just then I could feel her accelerating. That was scary but thank goodness not scary enough to send me back to the head. I quickly jumped back into the driver’s seat as the traffic was about to clear as we came upon the 4 car wreck that caused our delay, about 50 minutes to go 2 miles. Cops standing idly by everywhere but none at all directing traffic.
Finally arrived at Perry. Had the coach weighed with each wheel independently so I can get a more accurate psi setting for the tires. Although we paid for an electric only site, we ended up in a full hookup site fairly close to all the action. Sweet. Happy hour at 4:00 with the Rebels. Rebels went to dinner at Longhorn but we declined and went to Georgia Bob’s BBQ. BBQ. Sweet. Fried okra yum! I could really get to enjoy this retired life - if only I was retired.
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