GEORGIA ON MY MIND

We spent today driving through Georgia...well most of the way through it. We stopped tonight at Perry, GA to let the truck, and us, rest up for the night. Gotta let those horses have some down time ya know. We saw a lot of color in the trees today which surprised us a little. The reds and yellows were much brighter that we had seen since the glorious colors of NY and PA at the start of our trip.



We had been told by our hosts last night outside of Greenville, NC that they were experiencing serious draught conditions. One of the ponds on their property had dried up completely and one was so low that the floating swim platform was resting on the dried up sloping bottom of the pond.



As we drove down Interstate 75 today through Georgia we passed large lakes which were down 10 feet or more, exposing lots of shoreline and leaving cottage docks which lined the lakes sitting high and dry.



One unexpected "event" happened today when we stopped to fuel up at a Flying J Truck Stop in Jackson, GA. I (Bob) noticed something hanging down under the truck as we walked back out from our rest stop. It was the tailpipe of the truck which had rusted through just behind the muffler and was hanging close to the ground. So....we drove around to the back of the parking area among all the "big dogs" like the tiger striped truck in the photo below.



I crawled under the truck and wired the tailpipe back to the muffler. A couple hundred miles later it is still holding. Guess we'll see if it makes it all the way to Florida?



Weather has been great, 73 degrees and sunny, and we continue to meet interesting people all along the way. The forecast for tomorrow is sunny with temps nearing 80 degrees. We're lovin' it! We plan to head out in the morning and drive into Florida. We may or may not try to go all the way to Sebring. A lot will depend on when we get out on the road and what happens along the way. Either way we will be there by Sunday when we have our orientation with the Habitat Team from Indian River Habitat for Humanity on Sunday afternoon. Traffic wasn't too bad but we always appreciate the prayers of our friends and family as we travel down the highway at speeds up to 70MPH with 4 tons trailer following closely behind us. By the way, diesel was under $3 today and regular gas is nearing the $2 mark down here. Hope you folks up north are enjoying a break in the price as well.

Today we want to give a big Georgia "Hey!" to two of our young friends and their mom who are following our journey via this blog. They are Colter, Alayna and Sheila Davison who live up in Fowler, NY. "Hey, y'all. Ha y'all doin'?" We're so glad y'all are followin' us transplanted yankees down here in the sunny south."

Love to you all, excuse me...love to "y'all" and we'll be seeing you "on the road".