Woke up to a nice sunny morning in GA. Chilly night in the 30s but the batteries had taken a good charge from the solar panels on a rare sunny day so we had plenty of heat al night. Our neighbors in the winery parking lot had their dog out when we were getting ready to leave. Skye and Lucy had a wonderful romp and run in the open grass. Very secluded for them to be off leash. Our new friends were Bob and Beth McDonald, we’re trying to remember for sure but we think they said Waynesboro VA.
Crossing Atlanta on a Saturday morning was slightly crowded but no congestion and we got through the city bypass just fine. Out the west end, a stop for fuel, a stop for lunch at the Alabama Welcome Ctr. And a stop at a grocery store all took up the slack in a relatively short 200 mile day. A time zone change somewhere along the way made up for some of that.
Coming up towards the park we made a turn onto one road with a sudden halt. The power company was stringing new lines and had the road blocked by two cherry picker trucks taking up the whole road. A guy came over to say it’d be 45 minutes. Or I could back up and take another road a half mile farther up. It was only a quarter mile of backing up, and all straight road, so I did it.
Once in the park we found ourselves on a road a bit better than Smuggler’s Notch. The curves were easier but the grade seemed as steep. Once down it we were again stopped by obstructions in the road. But this time it was deer. And a couple other cars gawking and feeding them. It was good to stop, I had a bit of smoke coming from a front brake! And I had been geared down and with the engine brake running so I hadn’t used all that much brake (or so I had thought).
Once in camp on the lake shore we went out for a short walk with Skye. Found another deer down on the lake front and a gaggle of geese too. All this followed by the best sunset yet on this trip.
Skye’s playtime this morning:
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