July 6

What a long day! Well, when you’re driving on the interstate is seems like a long day. By the time Bill said his good-byes to the neighbors in Scottsboro it was about 8:15 when we got on the road. Initially we were not on interstates and the roads were pretty good, but at time a bit slow through towns. At least it gave us the opportunity to stop and get Bill a couple of cases of Sun Drop to take home. He also got himself a vacation T-shirt for $5 at the local Food World when he went in for sodas. He said he always gets one, and he does, but this time he didn’t seem too interested. And it’s not like he needed another one.

So once we got on the Interstate we went through a really bumpy stretch. I tried moving in and out on the lane to reduce the bumping but it didn’t get any better til we just got to newer roads. It was a stressful driving day too as the traffic was worse and we had several areas of rod work with barriers and single lanes and I HATE barricades. I feel so fenced in with the big rig, I just start to sweat and try to hold down a panic attack. No wonder my back was killing me. It was all in knots and I just could not get comfortable. I tried with and without my back support thingy but it was just stress. Can’t wait for a massage to get that worked out.

We made too many stops today to make really good time. Fuel, Sun Drop, lunch and bathroom (more than once). I was falling asleep by the time we got fuel so I got a chocolate bar and a bottle of green tea and of course, drinking a 20 ounce bottle of tea created a new issue. We were supposed to stop for the night at exit 60 in GA on I-75 but I was tired and my eyes were hurting so we stopped at 92 instead. Perhaps that was a mistake. They put the overnighters on the back 40, just lined up on the grass, like we’re in a race to get away in the morning. Bill asked for 50 AMP service and we leveled and hooked up the surge protector, power, water, sewer and once the surge protector popped on I turned on the AC. Well that was short lived! The surge protector kept popping on and off as soon as I’d try the AC. There was no 30 AMP outlet to switch to, so we called the office and the owner came out and said to try it without the surge protector. Well, what’s the point of it if the power is bad and it surges and blows out our AC, TV, microwave??? It didn’t but the microwave would barely run even with the AC off, so not sure what that issue is. The cable doesn’t work and we’re under the trees and the neighbors say the antenna won’t work either so it’s a computer and reading night. Oh, did I say computer? Well we’re supposed to have WIFI and their network won’t come up out in the back 40, so I called the office (for the 3rd time tonight) and she said to try again. Apparently she thinks I’ve never done this before. NO COMPUTER CONNECTION! Maybe if I go outside at the picnic table it will work. Will try that later.

We had our 4th of July leftover burgers with zucchini, tomatoes, peppers. The nice thing about this campground (Southern Gates in Arabi, GA) is she gave us cookies when we checked in. Not sure it makes up for no internet, but it takes the sting out a bit. Bill did up the dishes and went out and unhooked the cable and put it away. We’ll have to empty all the tanks before we leave here tomorrow and then only use rest areas or gas stations tomorrow. We think we figured out how to keep our TV from flying around on those bumpy roads. I need to cut the little cable and take it to ACE to get a new clamp and re-hook it up through the back of the TV. I have a fear of coming in and find the TV on the floor.

Well I have a connection but only 1 bar so will see if I can post my journals. Journal got posted for last night. You know I want to do this to sit outside with no shoes on and fighting ants. I already had my shoes off and was too lazy to put them back on. So this will be it for today.