More Georgia 9-25

Another lovely day. Sunshiny and warm. The last few days have all been in the 90’s with high humidity. No new photos, these are just random ones you haven't seen yet.

Last night we had a “suthern” supper. Fried catfish, hush puppies, french fries and our table overlooked a lovely little lake. The best part was the restaurant was just 50 feet from us…it was in the RV park.

We awakened this morning to the sound of acorns being thrown down on us by a mean squirrel. When it was time to pull in the slideouts Larry went up to sweep them off and the squirrel was yelling at him.

We headed out at ten and traveled 57 to 84 to 341 to 23. Reading the Georgia map is a trial, every highway has a minimum of 3 numbers and you get to the highway interchanges it is comical trying to read all the different numbers and arrows. I would just find the biggest town’s name and just head for it, it was easier that way! We got another coating of “lovebugs”. Larry was sore after washing the trailer-front 6 times yesterday trying to get the little superglue carcasses off…he was not looking forward to doing it again.

We found our destination, Hillside Bluegrass RV Park outside of Cochran, Georgia around 1:45. This RV park is 100 acres and pretty empty. They hold music festivals here and it is south of Macon, GA. It is another Passport America park and is $10 for full hook-ups. They gave us a nice open site so we could get satellite, it is heavily wooded here. We pretty much just saw pine trees today. All were man planted, they were in rows, logging seems to be a big industry right through here. We passed a couple of large mills. Saw a little cotton and houses were few and far between. We passed through a few good sized towns. We traveled 141 miles. AND Larry had to scrub the trailer front again. They are so difficult our decals were starting to come off while he was scrubbing.

Here is a piece of trivia for you. Larry was really surprised to see that Piggly Wiggly stores really exist. He had heard them talked about on “Mama’s Family” show and thought they were fictional. They are very abundant here in the east. I just love to say the name, just makes you smile! Larry went on the internet to find out about them and discovered that in 1916, Clarence Saunders opened the first Piggly Wiggly in Memphis, Tennessee. He revolutionized grocery shopping. Piggly Wiggly was the first true self-service market. Until that time clerks took your list and pulled things off the shelves for you. Piggly Wiggly had the first shopping carts, open shelves, no clerks to shop for you, check out stands and price marked every item. Now you know some grocery history!

The weather is real pleasant here. We took an after dinner walk for the first time in a couple months. No blood suckers, lower humidity and lovely sunshine. Life is Good!