South of Atlanta

Tonight we stopped in a little town called Wenona just south of Atlanta.  Crossing from Cordova, Alabama southeasterly along everything from Interstate highways to two-lane, small town roads, we traveled through Birmingham, then into Georgia through Columbus and on through Plains, Georgia until we reached I-75 near Cordele.  It was a long day from 8 am to 4 pm with a small stop in a Home Depot parking lot for lunch.

Along the way we traversed the Fort Benning Military Reservation where basic training for the Army is done.  I think I visited the base with my parents when I was 16 to see my cousin Steve who was in basic training there at the time.  We also passed the birth town of our 39th President, Jimmy Carter in Plains, Georgia.  Plains has not changed since the last time I drove through the town sometime in the 1980's.  Today we saw our first cotton fields with bits of white peeking out through the leaves and passed through orchards of pecan trees with the beginnings of pecans decorating the trees looking like little green beads hung in the leaves.

We are a little more than 350 miles from home now and will spend one more night on the road.  The weather is warm and rain has crossed our path a couple of times today.  It was a good day and tonight we are in a KOA Campground at the edge of I-75 after spending the night last night in rural Alabama in the middle of what seemed like nowhere.  The campground there was in a big grassy field surrounded by pines with only one street light at the end of the field.  We were the only overnight camper with just a couple of "seasonals" in place and what looked like some stored campers.  In the total darkness overnight I was listening for the bogey man to appear!  Funny how you get used to crowded campground parking and freeways to feel safe!

We are now officially in the Eastern Daylight Savings time zone.  After a seven hour drive today, we are tired and heading off to go to sleep.  All is well and they have left the light on here for us tonight.  For that we are grateful.