WalMarting

Well here we are in Tennessee. We are spending the night in the WalMart parking lot. This one is located on RT 441 south east of Knoxville. We had a very pleasant day driving and taking in the scenery.

Allatoona Lake

After several days and a good visit with Nick,Joan and the twins. We left Warner Robins,Georgia. Continuing north on I-75.

We are now at The McKinney COE Campground on Allatoona Lake for a few days here. This is a nice campground,one of several located on the lake. It is on I-75 exit 278.

Brother

We are now in Warner Robins,Ga.,visiting with my brother Nick and his wife Joan. We will be here for a few more days then we will continue slowly north.
We'll be on the road until December 1st until we settle back in New Port Richey,Florida for the winter.

Watermelon Truck

While we were out riding on the back roads today we came upon this truck loaded down with watermelons. The poor old truck was squatting.

Watermelon Capital of the world.

Yesterday they were having the watermelon festival in Cordele,Ga. So we went up to see what was going on in town. A little intertainment with the usual carnival. They had a nice crowd of people for the day. We drove thru town and got out to walk at the strip mall. We walked up to one end where the theater was,thats all it took. Nancy saw "Pirates of the Carribean" was playing so the end of our walking. She has been wanting to see this movie from the time she heard about it. We don't go to the movies often so this was a small treat and the movie was good.

Heading Out

We left out of Valdosta today going north. Here we are in a Georgia rest area stopped for lunch and then a walk around to strech our legs.
We got as far as Ashburn,Ga and will stay here for a few days.

Swamp

This looks like a swamp but,its actually Banks Lake. It is located near Valdosta,Georgia.

On trhe road again

Finally on the road again. We left New Port Richey,Florida 11:30AM friday.
Instead of coming north on I-75 I came up US route 41 to have some different scenery. It was a nice trip seeing huge horse and cattle farms. We pasted little towns with the old houses and their historic districts. I like to travel on the roads that were once the main roads before the interstates took over. Saw some old mom and pop motels that were still in operation and some that were still standing that looked like they were out of business for years. It is kind of sad to see these places that once was popular before the roads were routed around them.
We are parked in the grandsons yard for awhile,I don't have any plans made so I have no idea how long we will be here.

Sunday

Well its another start of a new week. After the report from the lung doctor friday that the CT scan shows no change of the spot on my lung was good news.
So we have plans of leaving Port Richey this coming friday. I will have to take the copies of the scans with me because I'm to have another scan in three months to keep a check on the lung. If this next one shows no change then I'll get one in 6 months. Ater church today we'll see what we can get into.

Eating

After church we went out to eat. Nancy was wanting to try out New York Pasta and Pizza restaurant. She had spaghetti with meatballs and I had Alfredo Fettucine. It was ok but,both of us were dissapointed as we have eaten better.

"Old Glory"

Theres just something about seeing a large flag flying in the wind. I guess I'm old enough and have seen our country in many wars,that I know the pain and suffering that it takes to keep the flag flying. May she keep flying forever.