As most of you know, my daughter passed away unexpectedly. I left my coach at the campground in Florida and flew back to California for 8 days.
Thank you all again for your outpouring of condolences and affection regarding the passing of Jessika, and for the prayers for my sister's back surgery.
Jessika's husband, Efrem will be planning a memorial for her sometime in the next couple of months. It is still very hard to grasp her passing; completly unexpected. She was 42 years old last October.
My sister Sandee is doing remarkably well and is getting around fine (without the back brace she is suppose to wear at all times!). She did give us a little bit of a scare in the hospital when her blood pressure fell and they had to give her a couple pints of blood to bring it back up, but she appears to be fine now.
Thank you again to Tandi, for the ride to the airport and back and for offering to sit with me. You are kind.
This was my first overnight stay outside of the coach since December, 2015. I thought maybe I would notice that I missed the extra "room" in the hotel or the shower, or the bed .... but I didn't find my coach's accommodations lacking in any respect. Even now that I'm back, the hotel wasn't better in any way. I guess that means I don't need a vacation from my vacation. ha.
I did have to hit the local Del Taco for a burrito my first day in town, however. It was pretty darn tasty. Other than that, there really wasn't anything that I missed, other than friends and family. I did have the opportunity to get a haircut from my "regular" stylist, Rose Ann. That was nice.
Now I am back in my coach and it is no worse for being left.
Since I got in last night, I was pretty tired this morning as I headed north on I-95 for the Georgia border. I was surprised to see a clean windshield. I suspect my neighbor who was watching my coach and Jeep cleaned it for me because no amount of rain ever removes all the bug residue on the windshield, no matter how hard it rains. He took the time to wipe my tire covers after the grass was mowed as well. Nice guy. He was very excited with the Sees candy I brought him .... his sister lives in San Diego so he was familiar, and very happy with the candy.
The bridge at Jacksonville was very pretty and I was able to get a couple of pictures as I crossed...
It was a good thing I was not going south into Jacksonville on I-295, because it was solid cars both ways as far as you could see.
The entire time I was crossing Georgia it was raining hard, and the visibility was bad at times, but I still made decent time and mileage. I was in South Carolina by lunchtime. I stopped at a rest stop not far inside the border and while I was eating the rain stopped. This was about the area I should have stayed in last week, but I'm sure the opportunity to see the Charleston/Savannah area will come again.
The last time I did the map update on my coach GPS I added rest stop and Flying J notification, which is pretty good (I wish it would give me a little more notice), but I have to chuckle every time it tells me a rest stop is coming up. The screen reads "rest areas combined USA" but the voice reads it as rest areas combined you-sa. It cracks me up. No matter how many times I correct her, she still says you-sa.
It was surprising to see fall color still in some of the trees along the highway. Especially, as they have trees also in bloom for Spring with the early flowers, like daffodils already out in the beds.
The temps this week are supposed to be in the low 80s, so it will be nice to get some sightseeing done. My first trip will be to Augusta, GA. I am only here for a week before I head to Gaffney, SC for my freight-liner class. Looking forward to it.
There was a moment of excitement in my day today ... while at the laundromat I went into the grocery store next door and they had Jicima! I bought two. I haven't seen Jicima since I left the west .... and I look for it. A little thing, but .... those are the joys of life.
I'll tell you all about Augusta ..... lots to see there.
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