Well that’s closer to our normal, 126 miles from the Georgia / Tennessee boarder on I-75 to a Cracker Barrel at Kodak TN where we unhooked and took a little day trip, can you say moonshine tastings!

We hit the road shortly after nine and parked before noon, four days in and still haven’t made it to Butch and Betty’s second day stop somewhere in Kentucky. After we unhooked had a bite to eat (don’t want to drink moonshine on an empty stomach), and headed south thru Pigeon Forge to Gatlinburg the home of Ole Smokie moonshine and whiskey, unknown to us there was a huge car show in Pigeon Forge so traffic was heavy and slow, then on to the Smokey Mountain Parkway and Gatlinburg, beautiful drive, we have found spring the leaves bursting and all the blossoms.

Tasting, well 25 tastings later, a purchase of 12 bottles of whiskey and moonshine, I think it’s going to be one hell of a summer, even got a bottle of moonshine pickles, can you say gourmet hot dog topping, as well many good sipping options, but what a quick buzz, some of these moonshines were 120 proof, and we had lunch first!

Continuing on the tastings theme, a stop at Harry & David’s for some Smokey Onion Pepper Relish and a few Salsas, can you say cream cheese relish dip? All in all a great day, I don’t know as it would be a do over but well worth the adventure, can’t imagine a weekend there, would be a total zoo!

Ok on the solar front 131 amp/hrs yesterday, batteries down to 82%, a long evening with more than 7 hrs of TV. It’s another sunny day today so should be good day again, have the 12 volt fan running this afternoon as we watch the opening round of the Masters. Will decide this evening whether to back track to I-75 or continue on to I-81 and I-77 up through West Virginia.

Wow….261 miles today….but we started at 9am this morning so we could tackle Atlanta around noon. Haven’t been through Atlanta for more than 30 years, spent a lot of years going to the pan handle of Florida for vacations which either took us down I-65 or the I-285 bypass west of Atlanta, we had very lite traffic and experienced no stop and go through the City, other than regular fools that see the gap I have left and feel it was for them. We are near the Georgia / Tennessee boarder where we are spending this evening in a Cabela’s at Ringgold Georgia with only 5 RV parking spots should be a little quieter tonight. Last night was uneventful but a lot of truck noise as drivers stop and leave, we were lucky with another coach on one side and a flat bed on the other…yah…no refeer with the compressor kicking on and off!

On the Solar production we produced 121 amp/hrs yesterday as well as 210 miles of driving time and our coach batteries were at 80% this morning which is good after close to 7 hrs of television as well as regular light usage, and toast for breakfast this morning. Pretty good considering the rolling rain storms that we had yesterday afternoon and into thee evening, meaning a very warm evening in the coach.

Today was another warm day, but should get down to 60 this evening, did a little browsing in Cabela’s and picked up some items at the Costco next door, but not much because we had to carry it back to the coach. We did refuel today as well, only $150 as we start climbing, the fuel consumption raises as well, we are about 700 feet higher tonight than last night.

So to summarize, the coach has started perfect today, Atlanta was a breeze, still to darn hot, hit 83 again today, planning some side trips for tomorrow, Masters Tournament coverage by ESPN was terrible as usual, will be in Tennessee tomorrow stayed tuned.