Last night was the warmest night we had, not sure of the temps but we didn’t even use the heater or wear our sweatshirts to bed! My last shower with my little arachnid friends and family, I won’t miss them! Saw an interesting one this morning, it was lightening fast from the shower across the room and almost like flying from the floor up onto one of the restroom door. There might have been a web but I didn’t investigate. The propane tanks were filled yesterday, today we dumped black and gray waste tanks again and refilled our fresh water tank as well.
There is a cloud cover as we bid farewell to the state of Georgia and head on to Tennessee. We didn’t get far, maybe 5 miles, and the rain started to fall. It continued throughout our entire drive of 158 miles today, just letting up at exit 257 on Hwy 40 in Cookeville! That doesn’t seem very far but we traveled a lot of 2 lane roads during the day, many 30-45 mph sections, add the rain to that, logging trucks, a lunch stop, and a gas stop…it was a full day. It was a beautiful drive despite the rain. So many beautiful places and so little time to see them. There is still some color in the mountains and rolling hills. We also passed some huge lakes and rivers, and a pretty good sized dam.
We had a time change so we gained an hour back just in time to meet up with our friends in Cookeville. We called the Handschin family when we were in Crossville as requested and they were waiting for us at our meeting place. What a delight to finally meet them in person. I think I said already that we met their son Hans on the USS Essex when we joined Steven in Japan in 2010, for the Gator (Tiger) Cruise. Tonight we met Mom (Kim), Dad (Burt), and sister (Heidi), I felt like we have known them for a long time. The internet does that for so many of us. We had a fun-filled dinner at the Golden Corral where Veterans ate free today. Burt and John are both Veterans so it was a great time. It was fun to see so many men wearing Navy (and other) Veteran ball caps, shirts, etc. We were early to dinner and it was a good thing because the lines were out the door and around the corner of the building when we left!
After saying good-bye we headed to an RV park nearby. They didn’t have internet and so we opted for Wal-Mart. We wanted to get some fresh fruit and veggies anyway. So no internet tonight but we are warm and very thankful for a heater once again.
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