TOUR AMERIA 2023 – KIKI RV PARK, KINGSLAND, GA

July 5, 2023

Temperature 93 Degrees

I Love It When A Plan Comes Together

Why, oh why I planned our first day out for July 5th I’ll never know. All the talking heads on TV stated it would be one of the worse days to be on the road. Yipee!

So, we decided to outsmart them. We would leave early in the morning, like around 7 am. That would have us coming off the road around noon time. My thinking was most RV parks and hotels/motels would be emptying out around that time and so that’s when the roads would become heavy with traffic. So 7 am it would be. Thankfully, I slept like a log the night before. None of the normal tossing and turning and worrying abut this and that. Nope, I put my head down on the pillow and I was out.

OK, did we make our goal of 7 am? Well, how about 7:07 am! Now, our GPS had us going a route I would never, ever go. So I turned it off and went my tried, true, and tested way for leaving Polk City and Florida. It’s a combination of two lane and four lane county roads as well as an interstate or two. And I’m here to say, our plan worked like a charm. There was really no traffic to speak of the whole way. Yea, my way took maybe 45 minutes longer than the way the GPS wanted us to go, but I’m oh so glad I went my way. It was a nice and relaxing drive. And we were off the road by noon time.

Our home for tonight is an extension – literally – of an Econo Lodge parking lot. There are a total of 13 parking pads with FHU and we got the last one. We were here five years ago and it was a really nice place to stay. But now? Oh no, unfortunately the place has not been kept up and it is in really rough shape. Thankfully, we are here only one night and then we are off to South Carolina.

We’re settled in and despite the heat the AC is keeping us very comfortable. And thanks to Ms. Barbara we had a great meal waiting for us when we arrived. Last night she made a big crock pot full of chili. While on the road we keep the pot in the shower so it doesn’t slide around. Upon our arrival I plugged our electric in and she plugged the pot back in and within 30 minutes we were sitting down to a super supper. Gotta love that woman.

Time to go read a few more chapters in a new book I started. Then who knows what. We’ll continue to listen to the thunder boomers all around us. Will it rain or will it not. Time will tell.