East Coast Bound--Day 31

Actually, we are western bound now.

Finally got our car back yesterday afternoon. Although it took a week longer than the shop originally told us it looks like a brand new car. They did a very good job and we are pleased. After we returned to the RV Park our friends, Diane and Russ, picked us up to go to dinner on the beach in Tybee. We had planned to go back to Fannie's on the Beach but Russ suggested another place that was owned by the same people. This one was in a beach front hotel and was actually right on the beach instead of across a parking lot. The food was wonderful as was the company. Afterward we returned to the coach and visited for awhile. Little Bridgit Jeane was very pleased to see her "Aunt Di" again. Since she lived with Di and Russ for several weeks before we were able to get to Savannah last November to get her she always is happy to see them again. (Russ claims to dislike dogs but somehow he manages to live in a house that has six permanent ones plus often several that Diane is fostering until she can find them homes.)

We rolled out of the RV Park on Tybee Island a little before 9:00 am this morning. It took about an hour to get across Savannah, including stopping at a truck stop to fill the fuel tank with diesel. The it was west to Macon and north to Atlanta. Traffic just south of Atlanta was horrendous. In that area Interstate 75 is four lanes in both directions. For some reason traffic was backed up and at a crawl in all four lanes in both directions. It took us just over an hour to travel twelve miles. Then, all of a sudden, the traffic cleared and we were back up to highway speed. We never did see what had caused the backup. After Atlanta we headed west on Interstate 20 toward Alabama. We have stopped for the night in Heflin, Alabama, just about 10 miles west of the Georgia state line. This is a nice RV park just off the Interstate for a reasonable price. We plan to be in eastern Arkansas by tomorrow night and hope to be home by Monday evening.