We had spent part of the evening Sunday packing up clothing from drawers and getting organized, and set out early Monday determined to reach home in enough time to unload then return the coach to its owner in West Palm Beach. I couldn’t help but think of the horse anxious to return to the barn, as I pushed the pedal and the speed limit a bit harder.
I noticed a sign on the road for Georgia Peach World at two different exits, gauged the gas situation, and figured I could manage to catch the second one at just the right time, and did! I left Clem to fill it up and check Loki’s needs, while I headed next door and bought peaches and peach fudge and peach tea, and pecans! Score one fun stop at least on our marathon trek for home!
The rest of the trip was uneventful, save for one of those blinding downpours, and one gapers block for an overturned truck going in the opposite direction. Thankfully we were not on that side, as the backup went for many miles , and those people were going nowhere soon.
As we turned the corner into our neighborhood, noticing the lush green and familiar sights, our friend Terri was just leaving and waved us down for a quick hello, and a promise to see each other when we got settled back in! What are the odds of such timing? We pulled into our driveway in the late afternoon, started unloading, and the afternoon Florida thunder storm moved in! At one point it was such a heavy downpour that Clem got stuck in the house and I was in the coach! I continued to put things at the door so we could more easily finish when it let up.
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| The rain sheeting on the windows, coach parked in our driveway. It’s a bit wide! |
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| Just stack it by the door and wait for rain to let up! |
I had packed all manner of pots and pans and spices, imagining I would cook like I did in our coach, but the space was not conducive, and now it seemed like such a waste to have taken it all! That and far too many clothes. While that may be a pretty common occurrence for any trip, when your time is cut a week short and your itinerary slashed, I guess it exacerbates the situation.
I thought about listing all the places we did not see on this trip, but I decided it was better to focus on all the good times we did have. And we did have a lot, despite it all! If you are a first time follower, I’m sorry I didn’t have more funky attractions and historic places of interest as in our previous journeys! Check out some of my older blogs for more of that if you’re interested. We have had some great trips and seen some amazing things. I’m thankful for each and every one of them, including this one. Thanks for coming along on the ride!
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| Morning coffee back at home. |
A Post Script for this trip. This was our first time to go anywhere since the Covid Pandemic hit and we were locked down in March of 2020. It was a long year for everyone, and while vaccinations became available and many of us scrambled to get them, many were hesitant or non believing, and as this trip progressed, so did the Delta Variant. People are once again falling sick in record numbers, and mask mandates are being reinstated, just as we were all feeling free once again. Sad to say, people are dying, requesting the vaccine, which it is obviously too late for. But many are now finally lining up to be vaccinated, and I leave this with the hopes that we can get it under control.
