Monday October 1 Lebanon, TN

This morning we prepared the trailer for travel and then had breakfast with Margaret before we left, she drove to our campsite and took us out to eat. We left Cummings at 10am and arrived in Lebanon about 1:30 central time. We have no idea when we'll be on Eastern Standard time again so we adjusted all our clocks. We traveled 224 miles today and are 30 miles east of Nashville in a cheap Passport America CG, $11.50 for the night. The guy next to us has his table saw out and making some bookshelves for his trailer.
We are on our way to Sedalia, MO for a HitchHiker Rally starting Monday. We want to arrive Friday, the first day attendees can check in, so we can seek out some of our RV friends,

Friday September 21 thru Sunday September 30

We have spent the last several days helping Margaret prepare her home and it's belongs for a sale. She's planning on relocating to St Augustine. It has been very enjoyable helping her and spending the evenings together with supper and talking and reminiscing. I have to add she's a great cook too! Judy is spending the nights at Margaret's while I head back to my "man cave". On Thursday we moved from Shady Grove to Twin Lakes CG. Shady Grove is hosting a triathlon this weekend so we made the short 16 mile move.

Thursday September 20, 2007 Cumming, Georgia

We were up and on the road this morning at 9:50. We had a safe and uneventful 280 mile drive through Nashville and Chattanooga on our way to Georgia. Margaret called and she, Trisha, and Kim had decided to go to Cherokee to check out the casino so we weren't in a hurry to get to Cumming. We arrived about 4pm and set up camp in the same site we were in last May. Pizza for supper and a short walk to the lake, wow, is it low. The boat ramp ends 10 feet before the water starts. It's just as peaceful and quiet as it was 4 months ago. No neighbors and no trains!

Wednesday September 19, 2007 Goodlettsville, TN

This morning I dropped Judy off at Curves and started the laundry. When both were done we mailed Devyn a package and spent the afternoon at the trailer. We noticed another fifth wheel pull in and low and behold it was Byron and Linda Landry. We were next to them and met them at the Escapade in Goshen! We were both surprised and shared a drink. They had toured the Fleetwood factory in their search for a new RV and were on their way back to Louisiana. We later drove to downtown Nashville and went on a ghost tour. Lots of neon signs and country music in the open bars while we walked around on our way to the ghost tour. I liked the history and Judy liked everything but neither of us believe in ghosts. We must have walked 20 miles (it was really less than 1 mile) but I was tired, hot and muggy, hills, and past my bedtime. We slept real good.

Tuesday September 18, 2007 Goodlettsville,TN

We slept in today, until the trains said good morning. Today we played tourist at the Hermatige, Andrew Jackson's (our seventh president and War of 1812 hero) home from 1804 until he died in 1845. We spent several leasurly hours there, it was a nice day in the low 80s. We have been through several old mansions and I will have to admit that Andy's wife has done the best job on a flower garden, lots of butterflies too. I had my Krystal (a little better than White Castle) fix when we ate there after the Hermatige visit. We then spent an hour and $5.50 washing the truck. Nice to have it clean, tomorrow we'll do the inside. The trailer is still dirty from the rain we drove through from Michigan to Indiana a week ago, we need a CG that allows us to wash it. We have the only night light in this CG outside our door, you can't see how dirty the trailer is!

Monday September 17,2007 Goodlettsville, TN

Today we drove 238 miles to Nashville to overnight. We generally only travel 200 to 300 miles a day, our shortest was 50 miles once in May. Margaret and her family will be in St Augustine on Tuesday to intern Dick and she expects to return to Cumming GA Wednesday so we'll get to Shady Grove CG Thursday. This will allow us to travel slower and check out some local sites.
We had a sandwich at a rest area in Kentucky on the way here and Judy fixed taters and hamburgs for supper tonight, you can eat out only so much! It was good.
I didn't mention this, but in Goshen for 10 days we were 100 yards from some very busy train tracks. You forget about trains until ya stay next to them! Not only did we see Elvis at the rally but we felt the shake, rattle and roll. The Escapade rally logo had a train on it and I didn't put 2 and 2 together until I heard someone talking about the train on the logo.
Well, guess what's a 100 yards from our site in Nashville? Yep! Trains!

Sunday September 16, 2007 Edinburgh, Indiana

This morning we went to First English Lutheran church in Goshen and when we arrived back at the RV at noon learned that Judy's brother-in-law, Dick Rubin, had died this morning at 9:15 from cancer. Dick is Margaret's husband and the most gracious host I know. They live in Cumming Georgia and we are on our way there now. Judy and Margaret are close and Judy wants to be with her sister. We hurriedly broke camp, grabbed a bit at McDonalds, fueled the truck and hooked up and departed the Elkhart Fairgrounds at 3pm. We are overnighting 30 miles south of Indianapolis in Edinburgh and will be on the road in the morning.