Goober Country- Georgia

Here I am in the RV section of the Flying-J near Valdosta, Georgia- Exit 2 to be exact. We arrived about 6:00 p.m., gassed up, dined (gassed up) , fed the dogs some scrap chicken and their usual fare (gassed up), turned on the new fan to bring cool air in and the doggies are loving it. It is good to be stopped- a 12 hour grueling drive today. After the previously mentioned tribulations we went through a northbound crawl, stop-n-go-bumper-to-bumper for about 6 miles because a trucker jack-knifed his rig. Got on the CB to find out which lane I needed to be in in order to bypass Jacksonville, FL and get on I-10 to I-75 and to this place. Then unbeknownst to Garmin and me, the Exit Ramp to 295 was gone- under reconstruction. However, the detour was well marked and the Garmin did a quick recalculation and so we are here. On the way to Where? We don't really know. We have in mind to connect to I-40 after the Smokies, probably Memphis, and then go across OK and the skinny part of Texas and perhaps up to Denver and home or perhaps West to AZ depending on the weather in Colorado and Wyoming. Then, we will look westward to Oregon. Perhaps we will gussie up the VW bug a little- at least get new tires on her and haul that until we decide we shouldn't. May even take the Van to Oregon as I do know a pet-friendly motel there and it is only a two-hard -day-trip, with lots of hills and mountains. I am not 100% confident in this rebuilt transmission on the coach but it seems to be hanging in there. If not having an extended stay, driving this rig is an expensive mode of transport.

Goodie on Valium is a hoot. She relaxes and looks out the window. She smiles a lot. Doesn't get too uptight about every little bump and noise. Buster tends to stare at the ceiling. Definitely "stoner" behavior. She gets a half, he gets a quarter.

The people here are friendly and nice-very polite. It seems to me with my imperfect hearing, though, they are careless about their consonants if they exist at all.

Lesson learned: According to the truckers CB talk, I-95 on a Friday is bad news. Would I had known that before today.