Arriving at Mike and Nancy's

7-25-2021 - Sunday

We got a better start this morning, hitting the road at 9:10.  We had a pretty drive, through the hilly part of Alabama, and even up a mountain.  Our transition to highway 72 from highway 79 was a little dicey, we actually turned the wrong way (of course), but had to make double u-turns to get headed back in the right direction.  It would have been a good intersection for a round-about!

But the best part was around Lake Guntersville, and the Tennessee River.  This was along highways 431 and 79.  The fingers of the lake and river kept coming back to the highway, many times our road just went between big bodies of water.  

We see a lot of blooming trees and bushes in this part of the country, this one we really liked, but I haven't found out the name yet.

We crossed the Tennessee state line at 12:50, and shortly thereafter we got up on I-24 and made our way to Manchester.  We arrived about 2:00, a drive of 175 miles today.  Mike and Nancy had all the cars moved out of the way so we could pull right in beside the garage and hook up to their new 50 amp plug-in they put in for us (and other reasons too).  Ashleigh dropped by with dinner and Brooklyn, then had to drive to Murfreesboro to pick up Jonathan.  

Here's our little cutie.  She turns 3 in about 3 weeks.

Ashleigh and Jonathan arrived and we visited with them a little, then went in for dinner.  And then it was time to play Hand & Foot.  Ashley is getting the cards shuffled.  The girls got off to a slow start but ended up beating the guys.

After we finished the card game, Jonathan, Ashleigh and Brooklyn went home, and we called it a night.  A thunderstorm threatened but never got here -- apparently it went around them.  

The RV ran fine today.  We have had a "check engine" light on for a long time, but it seems like Joe fixing that hose fixed that as well,  yeah!  Our new philosophy is:  don't touch anything we don't have to."  Maybe we can finish the trip without anything else breaking.  

We will have a few days of rest here, and some more card games.  This is pretty country, so I'm sure we will do some driving around.  Mike mentioned an Amish bakery he likes, so we want to check that out.  Right now, the forecast has rain tomorrow, but then several days of sunshine.  Temperature in the 90s though, so it will be plenty warm.  Apparently, we are missing out on a lot of rain they are getting at home, so that is good news.  Our neighbor sent me a picture of our back yard, with puddles, and her wash with water in it (for the first time).  We haven't seen either of those things for a long time.  Rain in Arizona is always good news.