Sunday 6/19 7a

We’re at Mollie and Lucy’s friend Will’s house in Atlanta. Will and his family have been very gracious to open their home (a very nice condo in the city) to us for two nights.

The parking garage has a 6’ height restriction so Will’s dad Bill found a parking lot about 3 blocks away that I was able to park the RV at for the weekend.

Will’s mom Sandra made a nice homemade dinner which was a real treat. After dinner Lucy went swimming in the roof top pool and entertained two little girls (4&5 years old) who were there with their families.

From the roof top we were able to enjoy the pleasant evening and admire the Atlanta skyline.

 

Yesterday we visited the Biltmore Estate in Asheville NC

250 rooms and well appointed. I enjoyed the history and details of the audio tour

Then it was on the road to Atlanta, we made a stop at a very large farmers market complex just outside Asheville and another stop at a flea market in Clayton GA

Both times I was able to take a short nap to refresh

 

Our most pressing issue of the compost was solved at the flea market when I woke up thinking I really needed a shower (which I did) but realized it was mostly the compost

So I whisked it into the woods and shared it with the wildlife

Hope I’m forgiven if this is considered littering but it was all organic

 

Bill had warned that they were getting a storm in Atlanta as we approached

Just north of Atlanta we hit the edge of the storm

Mollie commented that it looked something like a tornado which I dismissed until the just ahead the leaves were blowing sideways out of the trees

I wasn’t concerned until parts of trees in the form of branches started flying sideways in front of us and hitting the side of the RV

We quickly ducked under the next overpass (along with 3 or 4 other cars) and waited 15 minutes until the wind calmed down some

The rain was torrential so the driving was slow for a while but the skies cleared some as we pulled into Atlanta and located Will and his family

 

This morning Sandra and I walked the dogs and then walked to the parking lot to check on the RV

I was pleased to find it still there since the auto attendant wasn’t working so I had no paid ticket on my windshield if someone came to check and tow

Later today we will walk around the city and take in a Atlanta Dream (WNBA women’s pro basketball) game

 

This part of Atlanta is very nice and has lots of trees (some of which we trimmed a bit with the RV)

 

We plan to leave tomorrow morning

I always want to leave earlier than we actually do get on the road

Monday morning traffic will justify a later departure tomorrow anyway so it won’t feel like we’re losing any time

 

Next stops:

Pam Pullins in Alabama

New Orleans

West to Texas

North to Kansas

Four Corners

Maybe Ren Fest in CO

Grand Canyon!!!

Las Vegas

San Diego

LA

San Fran

 

While we brought some movies, Lucy would use more movies, she’s very selective (not action/scary)

We hit a flea market yesterday and picked up three more to keep us going

She watches them during long stretches of boring road

Mollie & Lucy have watched two movies in the evening

 

Here’s an odd request:

Can we borrow a DVD movie or two and mail them back to you after they are watched?

 

Jay