May 6, 2007

.Hi loyal readers,
I am writing this in Word Perfect since I just lost my WiFi connection. I am in Forsyth, GA, red dirt country. I am one hour south of the big one, Atlanta. Will leave tomorrow a.m. about 9 a.m to make it through with the least resistance. (I pray). What a lovely trip I have had thus far. I did make an error and turned on Rt. 41 from Rt. 300 too early. Managed to find several mean RR crossings and narrow roads with little villages from time to time. Rt. 300 was fantastic as was Rt. 19 reported yesterday. I would come back south this way. I will let you know about Atlanta after tomorrow. Spoke with my dear friend, Marte, that I haven’t seen in over 2 years today to tell her I would see her in a couple of days. I am very excited. This campground I came in called L & D RV campground in Forsyth, GA is plain but as I entered the office I was astounded by the group of hand carved, hand painted canes and walking sticks there for sale. These are Cherokee people. What a gift to be here. I bought a walking stick for $20. Made of dogwood. He had some jewelry I would give my eye teeth for but NFS. This experience brought me right back to the Earth and to the belief system I have practiced for many years. I am very grateful to be here. Tomorrow I go on to the TN border before going to Townsend, TN to camp.

RV, the new Bearfoot Coach, is running well. Bought my first tank of fuel today at $2.67 per gal. If I had cash, I could have saved 6 cents. The diesal pumps were lined up with self plus 4 trucks with huge long trailers housing horses. As I glanced at the people pumping fuel, I realized we were all women drivers. Cool! They were all blondes and better looking than me, younger too.

I am kicked back in my recliner with a glass of wine watching Tiger in NC. This is a rough life! I apologize for lack of photos but I guess I am lazy since I am moving northward quicker only staying one night in one place. Almost stayed in the Walmart tonight but it looks like showers and I was thinking about the noise of the genset running the AC and all that stuff. Decided to splurge – Ha Ha. Each night so far, the fees have been $20. That is a Good Sam parks with the discount. Not bad for pull throughs with full services.

My gauges on my tanks are not working correctly. Anyone have any suggestions for the best way to deal with it? I know the gauges always quick working even on the new coaches early on. There are some additives that are supposed to help. Does anyone have experience with that sort of product? I have been emptying them each day. Maybe I should not do so and let the liquid build up to slosh a bit. Let me know what you think. More later--