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.

Well no interruptions during the night, other than the traffic, this rest area has three areas one for trucks, cars, and RV’s, with the RV parking being the furthest from the thruway. There are a few other overnighters and a couple of trucks but there is a lot of open spots, these spots are not real long so the transport trucks do not fit well neither do we with everything attached, but we picked an end spot so had trees and grass one side. We slept well and got up late it was after 7 o’clock when I put the coffee perk on and I can smell the coffee now, mmmm fresh perked coffee and could even be a little Irish Cream for sweetener……just saying

It is in the 70’s this morning and looks like cloudy and mid seventies all day with rain again in the afternoon, will be nice after the temperatures from yesterday. We refuelled at the Georgia border only took $127. of diesel, but because I had to boost the coach to start it this morning, I just left it running during the fuel stop. Stopped for lunch at the next rest area and I cleaned all the connections on the chassis batteries, the terminals are not the best but seems to be working for now and should get us back to Ontario for a scheduled summer repair. After lunch we have moved further in to Georgia to a rest area near Ashburn. Another big day for us, 210 miles and a number of little rain storms, now we are settled in I have dialed the satellite dish in so I can get the Masters pre-show and player interviews.

From the Solar system we only brought in 36 amp/hrs yesterday, reasons it was so low, we were plugged in till 10am, drove 226 miles during which the alternator carries any load in the coach as well as charged both chassis and coach batteries, we watched television for about six hours, we shut down the inverter at 10pm and watched the news this morning as well as used the toaster for breakfast. Our shut down amperage draw in between 2 and 3 amps which includes the fridge control board, smoke / propane detectors, our new led awning lamp control, and backlit gauges. We also had that heavy rain and a cloudy afternoon yesterday, so the solar system should bring in more today as we are getting sunny intervals between clouds and rain.

Our plan is to get through Atlanta tomorrow in time to watch the par 3 contest from the Masters, and the next couple days will be short as the first rounds of the Masters will be on.