May 1: After a successful day one we were off to our next stop to High Falls State Park in Jackson, GA. This would be Jo-Ann’s first experience without sewer hookup. That means rationing how much water goes into our holding tanks. Forty gallons capacity fills quickly washing dishes and showering etc. Oh and you need to stop on the way out and empty those tanks (my job). We also experienced gum tree flowers on the ground. These aren’t pretty cute flowers but brown hard spikes golf ball sized dog tripping hard to walk balls. And not one or two but thousands. Spoiler alert this won’t be the last time you hear about these nuisance balls. All said and done Jo was a trooper and we had some nice walks and decide it was great we brought paper plates to save water down the drain. I should stop here and explain my state of mind with these nuisances and why they are important. Jo is from Brooklyn and camping growing up was spent in a real bed with a roof and walls around her at the Cedar Lake cabins her family owned. Jo has made it very clear this was a trip she knew was on my bucket list and wanted to do before I died and wasn’t her dream but nightmare. Travel cross country living in a 215 sqft Airstream with me and two dogs made her let’s just say anxious. My hope was that my bucket list before I died didn’t result in my premature death. And I wanted my girl to have fun. Weather, spiky brown golf balls that seemed to multiply like tributes, water rationing and long travel days and Jo was still hanging in there. Next on to Chattanooga. Please have full hookups and no spiky balls. Onward toward Montana.
Bill and Jo’s Road Trip 