Day One!

 Planned departure: 8 AM. Actual departure: 10:30 AM.  The Isaacs are world champion last-minute-ers.  Josh knows where I get it from.

It was cloudy and drizzly when we set out, then we hit straight up downpours for most of the way, so I didn’t get many photos of the county scenery.  But we did find a Sasquatch Hunter:

We pulled into a Walmart parking lot in Rome, GA for lunch in the now-compact camper.  I suppose one downside to camper/rv travel is the difficulty in pulling into restaurant/smaller store parking lots.  So this will probably be one of many Walmart Selfies on this trip:

We arrived at our Boondockers host site in Cullman, Alabama at around 3:30 pm.  We put in 216 miles.

Our hosts’ home is on a quiet road surrounded by farmland.  They have a pond stocked with catfish and bluegill, three ducks including the quite vocal and opinionated Baby Duck (an adult drake) and the incredibly sweet and spoiled-rotten Biscuit the Beagle (he insists on having his kibble in a cream-of-chicken-soup sauce and also loves bologna.)

We chatted with our lovely hosts on their porch for a couple hours, then Mom & Dad took a nap and I did some work at the table.

Before dinner we took a walk down the road a bit.  The sun was starting to set and the roadsides along the pastures were full of honeysuckle, sweet pea, buttercup, and a bunch of other wildflowers with names that you should only call a stranger if you are a folksy southern waitress.

We ate dinner in the camper and started fantasizing about ice cream but we didn’t have any (the freezer is too small for anything family size) so we improvised with sliced frozen bananas with chocolate syrup and reddi-whip, which was SO GOOD.

Tomorrow we’ll do some sightseeing in the area and move on to Mississippi.  ‘Night!

-RI

Last Day in Dahlonega

Beautiful day at the compound.  Then prep work long into the night.  But first...
       

Marshall joined us for breakfast and Steve was, as always, a very good boy

Biscuits and Gravy

Bathroom wisdom

Spent the rest of the day organizing and redistributing weight in the camper.

  Please step inside our humble abode for a quick tour...

Pardon our dust and our Walmart bags

(Important note from Glenda: This is not representative of usual state of order and cleanliness.)

Best seat in the house

The couch on the left pulls out to make the guest bed 

Kitchen equipped with stove, oven, microwave, and a fridge holding approximately 134 cartons of chocolate almond milk

Mom made the bed at 11:30 pm just for this photo because she loves you all and would never subject you to a photo of a disgusting rumpled bed

Clever storage under the master bed— also where the bad guests have to sleep

Later Kara made pizza dough and fixings and we made our own pies.

Captain Dad has declared our ETD 8:00 am sharp!  Sweet dreams!

-RI

 

One more day to Road Runnin

Didn’t get any pics of the camper setup today, too busy grilling dogs...

...giving belly rubs...

...feasting with the family...

...and furiously launching wooden chips at each other in this tabletop game that Anna Belle made in woodworking class.

 Goodnight from Dahlonega!  One more day of prep tomorrow!

-Rebekah

 Rebekah here! I’m joining Tad & Glenda on part of their cross-country trip this year, and wanted to post a travel diary and photos to share with our family and friends regardless of whether they use the various social media platforms.  Hence, the charmingly antiquated medium of The Blog.  I’m hoping that even after I return home, they’ll continue to use this, but no pressure Mom!!  I’m flying from Queens to Atlanta tomorrow morning and my sister Stephanie and I will drive to Dahlonega to meet up with the rest of the Isaacs clan.  Will update you tomorrow with some photos of the rig in its natural habitat!  

-RI