Friday is the last day for everything. Last walk, last Bad Ass coffee, last swim in the Gulf, last lunch and cold drink at the beach side bar, last rays and topped it off with a last night out. We went to downtown St. Pete's theatre and saw the musical Chicago. Totally enjoyed every minute.
Saturday is departure day. All packed up, loaded the truck and headed south. We wanted to go north but the St. Pete's paper was warning everybody to stay away from one of the major highways on Saturday as they were converting ramp directions and more road work. They were warning of 4 hr holdups so we chose an alternate road. Head south, east and then north. Picked up the RV, transferred luggage, dropped the rental off and headed to Gainsville . We spent the night with friends of Jan Saunders, Marian and Denny Speed and had a great time meeting their son and daughter in law and catching up on news from the last year. They live on the edge of a golf course with alligators in the ponds so Marian and I went for a picture hunt on the golf cart. I wanted to get a couple of pictures for Jack and Ella but the alligators were all hiding. So she gave me this picture of when the baby alligator came to their pool. Another reason why Bernie doesn't want to live in Florida ! Saturday evening they took us to a seafood buffet at their golf club ( Same club where Neil and Sarah Saunders had their wedding reception ) and it was out of this world - shrimp, crab legs, mussels, smoked salmon, fried shrimp, grouper, scallops, rice, veggies, shrimp bisque, and a big salad bar. and an ice cream sundae bar and desserts. We waddled home and had a good sleep.
It is Sunday and we have put another 1000km or 600 miles behind us today. Left Gainsville this morning at hit the road. Traffic not too bad as we worked our way thru Georgia (Atlanta), South Carolina (Greenville), North Carolina and into Tennessee. We are camped near Bristol, Tennessee (KOA) and ready to head down the #81 tomorrow. Thru Georgia on the I75 it was one huge bill board after the other. First it was pecans, pecans, pecans. Then adult stores, adult stores, adult stores and finally fireworks, fireworks, fireworks. Just wondering if eating pecans when in adult stores causes fireworks !! Ha, the joke of the day. The drive from Greenville to Bristol was a beautiful one thru the mountains and at one point we were at 3300'. Came thru the "Cliffs" resort area where Tiger is promoting some golf courses he has designed. Beautiful homes on the Cliffs. The camp ground we are staying in has a small restaurant and they delivered supper to our site. That is a first.
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