Ya! Daytona

• Driving on the beach
• Walking on the beach
• Lunch at Barnacles outside under a beautiful florida sky
• International Daytona Speedway
• Jack got a tire fixed and the tires rotated across from the speedway. How daytonaish!Daytona

all lined up in the wind...

More images of Savannah and driving

Pine Trees

Spanish moss

Stately homes

Savannah

Whispering Pines

Cotton Fields

Decided in morning before setting out we wanted to see more of Carolinas so headed westish towards Athens Georgia and then to Aiken South Carolina, then south to Hardeeville SC, just north of Savannah. We are definitely out of the hills and mountains and more in the plains. Finally seeing some forest and logging, lots of whispering pine. Seeing some small cotton fields but are east of plantation area. Rural SC looks very poor.

We took a tour on trolley busses around historic Savannah and learned some history of Savannah. Saw some 18th century homes. Savannah is neat as the older area is built around these garden/park or squares. I found the area quite beautiful and southern looking. Jacks cousins had told us about Paula Deens (yes the cook from TV) restaurant, Lady and Sons, so we went there for lunch. It was very good!. Had collard greens, and chicken baked and fried, dirty rice and the most wonderful gravy on the potatoes. Jack had peach cobbler and I had a piece of butter cake.

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Drove through the Tennessee Mountains, thru the northwest corner of North Carolina and into Georgia. Our “tom” took us on a scenic journey up and down, round and round. Beautiful drive through Cherokee and Chattahoochee National Forest. Exciting moments when it started to snow while we were driving on those twisty scenic hills. We were heading for a camp weekend near Cleveland Georgia with Jack’s cousins Wayne and his wife April, Anne and her husband Richard, and Darlene. On Sunday we explored Helen Georgia, a small resort town built around a Bavarian theme. At a roadside market we tried boiled peanuts and barbequed pork rind. We had the most wonderful fried apple pie for desert at a barbeque restaurant. Yes, this is a deep fried turnover type of pie with fresh sliced apples. Really enjoyed our time hanging out with the cousins.

Relaxing in Nashville

Went online and got tickets to the Grand Ole Opry at the Ryman Auditorium. It was a neat experience to be in this theatre as we had seen shows from this venue on DVD. In particular Neil Young’s Heart of Gold The Opry was a great show with Vince Gill, Josh Turner, Bill Anderson, Little Jimmy Dickens and Jack Green. A real nice mix of ages and styles… oh also a blue grass band called the Del McCoury Band. Yee haw!

A shuttle bus from our campsite took us right to the show and back again. We were downtown early enough to go for a walk on the main drag Broadway -honky tonks and bars. We ate supper (ribs and Brisket) at Jack's Barbeque and Grill.

Taking a few days and just hanging out here in Nashville.

At the races

Welcome centre in Kentucky

Daniel Boone Way

Blue moon of Kentucky... and our journey continues...

From PA we stopped in Hagerstown Maryland at a KOA We could only stay one night as they were filled up for the Halloween weekend. KOA’s are expensive but they seem to include some type of entertainment. This campground was doing up Halloween with all sorts of activities.

Once again we had an adventure and did some unexpected sightseeing as we tried to find the campground. We had entered the wrong address so it was our fault and not our toms. We do get to see the back side of the country when we are driving around. We did the same thing the next night when we camped in West Virginia at a Beeker Forks state park

The country roads are hilly, narrow (there are no shoulders) and windy with hairpin turns. It is exciting when pulling the trailer. I thought the Cabot Trail was supposed to be scary… hmm these roads are much more exhilarating.

We had a beautiful drive through the Appalachian Mountains over the Cumberland Plateau. Definitely mountainous up and down with hardwood forests. We saw a few snowflakes… nothing serious.

We are now camped in Lexington Kentucky (the horse capital of the world according to the brochures) at the Kentucky Horse Park Campground. We went to the last horse race of the season at the Keeneland race track. We learned how to place a bet and spent our two bucks each with wild abandon on each race. The crowd was dressed up and the liquor was flowing pretty easily. The weather is sunny and warm,,, very beautiful area with miles of white rail fences and huge homes for the horsey set. Happy Halloween!