One day down, another 364 to go….
So, after a frantic day’s packing on Saturday, we left nice and early on Sunday at, er, 11:30am. Well, we had a few more tire issues, and, by the time we had everything sorted out (and Simon stopped swearing), it was about an hour and a half later than planned.
We don’t have specific daily targets for the first 5 days, as the object is just to get up to Michigan by next weekend for Susan’s mom’s memorial at their Okemos home. Our dear Kathy Prelesnik died in April 2020, and we hadn’t managed to get back there for a whole heap of reasons until summer 2022, and then Susan’s step-dad Gene took a major turn for the worse and he passed away last September.
In truth that was the final catalyst for our Big Trip, a kind of “it’s-now-or-never” moment. Anyway, that’s the background, and we are ‘winging it’ to start with, just heading north and seeing where we end up at the end of the day.
Today, that was Georgia, with Valdosta soon left in our rear-view mirror, and then Tifton, where we turned left aiming for Alabama. As a member of the Harvest Hosts system – where various businesses offer overnight stays to RVers – we started checking for any opportunities in this part of the state, and lo! and beold, we found ourselves in an open field, all on our own in a pecan farm.
It makes for a great start to our Year On The Road, and we can’t wait to see what tomorrow brings.
And here are the happy crew (all together now, “Me and you and a dog named Boo…..”)
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div>Good luck with your travels , you guys may have already been told about it . A pretty cool TV presenter from a farming background just completed a road trip
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No, haven’t heard. Do tell!
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What a brilliant start to your adventure (once you got on your way!). I look forward to following you from the UK. Tracy
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I’d call that a fairly normal start to any trip, let alone a year long trip 😀
It must have felt very odd pulling away from your home knowing that it will be a year before you see it again?
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I am woefully behind. I would call leaving within 90 minutes of the planned departure time a serious result on a trip of this magnitude.
The overnight stop at a pecan farm sounds delightful.
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