We emptied holding tanks and water tanks this morning to lighten our load a bit before taking on five more people and one dog. Oh yes, and a huge pile of luggage and a pile of Christmas gifts almost as big. I suspect we are travelling "overloaded" on weight today but we will keep our speed down and drive with extra care. And lest you worry about us, we have very good, new, heavy duty tires.
I'm really pleased that again on this return trip I won't have to do all the driving. Did I say that my son drives a school bus? He handles longer, heavier, noisier, every day. :D And I won't have to be driving out of Atlanta in the heavy rain. My 45 year old son is really a good kid.
My Sis is interested in Atlanta's architecture. I love these rainy, misty shots.
This structure below modeling the Olympic torch was built to commemorate the 1996 Olympics held in Atlanta. It is the dark column in the right center of the picture. And yes, this is how dark the morning was, about 10 am.
Here's the very top of Six Flags Over Georgia in the rain. This roller coaster, one of many, is actually considerably higher than the very tall trees that are nearer and screening it. I might come back some day and ride the highest roller coaster. In my younger days I was a great fan of roller coasters. Now, I understand what they do to me biochemically and I'm less willing to mess up my stable brain for the brief thrill. But someday, maybe, just maybe.
I am really loving the feeling of travelling with my family with me. I miss my two much loved members back in Montana and wish they could be with us, although I don't know where we would have put them! We are definitely packed in, but each person has a comfortable spot and seems content.
Since it's my birthday, I am enjoying the leisure of remembering birthdays past. Since my children grew up and I became solo, I have made a point of doing exactly what I want to do on my birthday. That has usually meant a trip to Cooke City, Montana through Yellowstone Park with a camera. This year I am 2000 miles away and realizing as we cruise down the road that I am doing exactly what I want to do each and every day. How lucky is that? I am having a birthday year!
I take the wheel through the state of Alabama. We are moving into more level terrain and the sun is beginning to break through the clouds. By the time we reach Mississippi, the sun is shining and we are under bright blue skies.
Nearing Jackson, the sun is low in the sky and it will be dark by the time we get my RV parked, unloaded, levelled and hooked up to electricity again. It's been a lovely travel day, watching the countryside change, moving from rain to blue skies, keeping tabs on my travelling buddies.
And tomorrow is a new day.
2 comments:
Thanks for posting agin Vagabond Vee!
I am so pleased that you are doing exactly what you want to do every day! New Year, New countryside to see, New adventures, New friends to meet, New journeys for all of us to experience through your dailies! How lucky we all are to have you in our lives! Happy 2008!
Love, Dene
Vagabond Vee has once again hit the road, she left this morning for warmer weather, hope she finds it because her RV is going to have to learn how to swim if she wants to go any further south.
The Mississippi Family will miss her, but we'll be traveling with her on this blog. We'll see her again in the spring, and probably a bit earlier again next year, so we said our good byes and look forward to the adventures of Vee and her sidekick Chorro (who by the way was VERY happy to get his co-pilot seat back)
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