AUGUST 17, 2015
Welcome to the Peach State! We made
it to Adairsville, Georgia but much later than we expected. Unfortunately, on
I-24 east there was a horrific accident involving an 18-wheeler and a
motorcyclist that backed up traffic for miles as far as the eye could see. We
only know of the nature of the accident because of the very informative
truckers via channel 19 on the CB radio! I have to say, there isn’t as much
chatter as there was back in my early teens but when you need to know something
they are there. They are also quite entertaining. While we were sitting in
traffic, making headway foot by foot, the conversations was hilarious between
them. At one point, while the eastbound side was backed up on a bridge, the
truckers started a conversation about the bridge falling, crumbling, because of
all the weight. Well, this started the truckers discussing what they would do
if their rig fell into the lake! It was too funny and made us forget we were
sitting there now for over an hour at least! I will, however, never forget
where the accident happened because it was just west of my favorite area on
I-24 just west of Chattanooga as you descend the 7% grade. I must say, this
provided me an opportunity to get some photos of the area I so enjoy seeing. For
some reason, when we get to this point in our trip, I know we’re heading home
via I-75 south!
When the traffic was detoured off
I-24 to a road parallel to the interstate, we could see miles and miles of
backed up traffic that wasn’t afforded the opportunity to exit due to the
accident ahead of them. We have no idea how long they were backed up or how
long before they could move but Thom was able to see folks out of their
vehicles.
Also, while we were in traffic, an
Allegro motor home came next to us and we saw the stairs were still down. I did
a breaker 1-9 on the CB radio to the Allegro motor home and informed them of
their stairs being down. We received a response, sort of, and then Thom saw the
stairs being brought in! Again, the CB comes in handy when you need it.
The campground we are in, Harvest
Moon RV Park, is a lovely campground with big rig sites, pull-thru with full
hook-up and 50 amp and free Internet; however, the Internet may be free but it
is non-existent! This has been the case in many of the campgrounds we have
resided in this summer. Harvest Moon also offers free laundry service, both
wash and dry, which is unusual. Although we have our own washer and dryer, we
needed to use a commercial machine to wash Thom’s clothes after being blasted
with diesel fuel at the Pilot. It literally exploded on him and thank goodness
the fuel didn’t get in his eyes. And, after washing the clothes twice in the
commercial machine and twice in our machine, his clothes still smell of fuel.
We are waiting to see how they smell after drying them. They might be tossed.
By the way, this park has a sister park in Troy, Alabama, Deer Run, which we
stayed in a few years ago!
Tomorrow we head to Forsyth, Georgia
for two nights. We are going to travel the country roads to get there. We have
time to spare to get there. While there we will visit with Jon and Terry
Senical. Jon and Thom officiated a lot of baseball and football games while
with the TCOA. It will be nice to see he and his lovely wife again. We will
also be investigating the area and hopefully have some meaningful photos to
post in a few days!
We will be meeting up with our
friends, Shirley and Ed Parks, when we make it to Lake Park, GA, our final stop
before we enter Florida and that final stretch to Ocala! Ed and Shirley have
been traveling this great country of ours for the past few months as well and
it will be great to celebrate our journeys since the GNR in Forest City, Iowa
where we last saw them!
Until next blog …
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