TUESDAY, JUNE 5th

Slade, Kentucky to Helen, Georgia

Still exhausted from our hikes we had to get up early in order to get on the road. Today we had about 6 1/2 hour drive and just over 300 miles to tow the Airstream south. The duration of our drive turned to nine hours in no time. Between fuel stops, lunch and bathroom breaks AND getting behind slow pokes AND Tim and I not being on the same navigational page ... the drive took longer than anticipated. 

Tim wanted to go one way. I wanted to go another route. Lee Garminitta had a different way in mind and Google was on its own track as well. After getting on the road it took us a few minutes to get everyone on the same page. From now on we will have a drivers meeting prior to departure. Lesson learned. 

Driving back through Daniel Boone National Forest and through the Cherokee National Forest then over the Appalachian Mountains. Our final route had the start and end on back roads and driving the middle portion on I-75. We drove on at least ten different serpentined roads with tight switchbacks and steep grades. I knew that the mattress on the bed in the rear of the trailer would be on the front couch when it was all over. 

Once we arrived at Top of Georgia, an Airstream RV park, we realized that The Silver Palace aka Trailer Park Lounge had taken on its name literally. The mattress was fine  but the latch for the center wardrobe had ripped out and things like my precious percolator, a plastic pitcher, table cloths, towels AND liquor bottles had tumbled out. All survived EXCEPT for one bottle of rum. There was shiny shattered glass and rum flung from one end of the Airstream to the other. What a mess! Uuuugh. I had to strip everything out that was on the floor to sweep and vacuum all the glass up. Then mop the floor. By the time I finished I still had the rum soaked rug and a towel to deal with ... It will just have to wait until tomorrow.

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Safe Travels~

ALICE WYMER

(Aye chihuahua!)