Rear view camera quit working after a rest stop at mm 108.
Negotiated Atlanta traffic, I-20 to I-285 to I-85, Whew, the worst traffic of the whole trip, even more so than Washington DC.
Replenishment of supplies at Wal-Mart Newman GA.
Interesting trivia, lake on the South Carolina/Georgia border... Georgia map has Clarks Hill Lake, SC map calls it Strom Thurmond Lake.
Odometer rolled over to 40,000 miles, had 18000 when we bought him.
Overnight, The Woods RV in Montgomery AL, not a tree on the entire property although the edges were forested. Hot, hot, hot! Took a cool shower as soon we we had everything hooked up. Did the frozen dinner thing - Orange Chicken and Cajun Chicken and Shrimp. Cable TV and Free WiFi.
Friday, September 13...
Gas at BP again, only $114.70, $3.229 per gallon.
On I-65 S to Mobile. Driving the Hank Williams Memorial Hwy, couldn't find a single radio station playing his music. Love being connected while traveling, read all about him. He was born in Mount Olive AL with a mild un-diagnosed spina bifiida occulta which contributed to his abuse of alcohol and prescription pain killers. He was only 29 years old when he died in the back seat of his Cadillac somewhere between Bristol VA and Oak Hill WV. One of his greatest hits, "Your Cheatin' Heart" was released after his death.
We ran into a swarm of lovebugs, almost completely covered the windshield...
and stopped at Rest Area mm 89.
The coach wouldn't start - AGAIN - and I called Good Sams RA - AGAIN - waited 2 hours for the mechanic, thank goodness for the generator. Lyndon showed up, was able to bypass directly to the starter. Then he tried to locate the short or what ever the disconnect could be, poor man, he was working out in the hot sun with sweat pouring down his face for 1 1/2 hours. Finally discovered the linkage in the transmission was too loose. He tightened that and we were on our way again. He said, next time we came through AL, stop by his shop on Owassa and he would have lunch with us.
Because of the delay, we over-nighted at Rainbow Plantation, Summerdale AL after driving only 169 miles. Decided to stay 2 nights for R&R&R, rest, relaxation, and recuperation! Been 3 years since we stayed there, remembered mush of the area, like Shrimp Basket and Lamberts - home of the throwed rolls!
and enormous mugs of cold iced tea! Not only do you get a huge plate of food, but they serve "pass arounds" such as fried okra, boiled cabbage, black-eyed peas, mac and cheese, fried potatoes and onions, molasses and apple butter. We brought home the leftovers and had those for breakfast this morning.
Left Summerdale about 9:30 this morning, after a fuel stop, only $89.99 today,
Crossed the mighty Mississippi in Baton Rouge
and drove to Frog City RV in Duson LA, 291 miles. We had stayed here in 2010 on our first long trip with Clyde to Florida.
In route, we stopped at the Atchafalaya Welcome Center, and now today's geography lesson...
The best highway in LA is the 18.2 mile bridge on I-10 from Grosse Tete to Henderson crossing the Atchafalaya Basin. The Atchafalaya River is actually a distributary of the Mississippi and Red Rivers diverting about 30% of the water from the lower Mississippi. 137 miles long the Atchafalaya ends in the Gulf of Mexico, forming the largest wetland area in the US comprised of 1,400,000 acres. The name Atchafalaya comes from Choctaw meaning "long river".
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