Saturday morning we left at 11:35 en route to Georgia and shortly thereafter we came to a sign that read "We're glad you've got Georgia on your mind".
A few hours later, there being no sign of a rest area or picnic stop on the highway we pulled off into a Lowe's (hardware store) parking lot for our lunch break and doggy walk.
The inverter was called up for active duty and we had the satellite TV up and running just in time for the 5 o'clock news from home. A bottle of wine and a good dinner soon had us ready for bed--the dogs had beaten us to it.
10:15 next morning, breakfast done, dogs walked we fired up the rig and drove across the street to take on some fuel. Taking the current rate of exchange into consideration, less than 75 cents per litre!
A couple of hours later we stopped for lunch at a rest area on the I-10 in Florida then pushed on to the campground we had selected. It was a good feeling to reach the Gulf Coast though we were greeted by a torrential downpour. By 3:00 PM we had arrived at the Rustic Sands Campground in Mexico Beach, which turned out to be a good hour's drive from where Geoff was living! In retrospect we should have carried on--there was an RV park just a few minutes from his condo!
Once we got settled we called Geoff and arranged to meet him later. First Gillian had to go for a walk with the dogs and Art had to have a nap!
The grey seas and grey skies didn't offer much in the way of photogenic scenery so we took a few pictures of some of the nicer homes along the way then the camera battery went dead. We have a spare, but it was back in the motorhome!
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After relaxing and chatting for a while we went out for dinner one of his favourite seafood restaurants for dinner where we continued to catch up on almost 30 years of history. We were very annoyed about the camera batteries as we would have liked a group picture but Geoff came to the rescue with his cell phone and the aid of the waiter. Looking at the photo we can see how much he resembles his dad at the same age.
We returned home by a slightly different route and soon saw why Geoff had recommended the highway 98 business loop rather than the main route. The business loop had a lower speed limit but only a couple of stop lights while the 98 proper seemed to stop at every major intersection.
At least we would know the road for the first hour or so when we left for Alabama in the morning.
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