Dodged another bullet

Mother Nature has once again tried to spoil my winter vacation.  Planning to leave for Georgia yesterday, we were all packed, hooked up and ready to roll.  We knew a major storm was brewing out west and thought we could get ahead of it but no such luck.  We awoke to strong winds and tornado warnings.  As it turned out we headed for the clubhouse for shelter but ultimately returned to the coach as conditions improved.  The storm was a dilly with 10 tornadoes within 60 miles of us and with some places getting nearly 7 inches of rain.  With all of the morning wasted and part of the afternoon, it was now impossible to make the 300 miles I needed to drive to our next stop (Albany Georgia) so we spent another day at Bella Terra.

Greeted by a bright blue sky and crisp air we headed out this morning actually getting on the road by 8:30am.  That's not a typo folks ... we really did.  Motoring up to I10 about 30 miles up the road, we made our first stop at a Love's fuel station.  Getting in line behind a bunch of 18 wheelers is kinda' cool but I really think they would rather we rv'ers not mingle with 'real' truck drivers.  Love's didn't have any problems dealing with me as they cheerfully let me buy 110 gallons of their finest fuel at a princely sum of $3.96/gal. Ouch!.

So we finally got on I10 and headed east.  Moving along somewhere between 60 and 65 mph we saw a 5th wheel ahead.  As we going a little faster, we pulled along side it to pass and quickly realized it was Tom and Mary who had paid us a visit a few days ago.  We had no idea they were leaving their park the same day and to actually run across them on the road was really amazing.  We quickly called them to talk of our unusual coincidence and suggest that at the next rest stop we would pull in and give Mary her umbrella back.  She had left it at our coach several days earlier but agreed she could wait until we were all back in Michigan before she got it back.  I think she and Sharon figured it was such a lucky day maybe we should try to find a casino but probably knew what Tom and I would say.

We arrived late this afternoon at our next stop (www.albanyrvresort.com) to find a very pleasant layout with loads of trees and large, paved sites.  In the morning we'll check it out a little closer before heading to the Monaco rally in Moultrie.  Stay tuned.

Still livin' the dream ...now in the Peach state.