Blogs from Georgia, United States, North America - page 14

Geo: 33.7481, -84.3909Weather: Florida, sunny and 77, Georgia, sunny/partly cloudy70s then some rain, then Atlanta (6 PM) cloudy 70, Tennesee, (1 AM) cloudy, night, 57, Kentucky, cloudy 49 (2 AM) Hours Driving: 12 hours Miles: 820 States: Florida, Georgia, Tennesee and KentuckyRestaurant: Dinner at the Pitsers Hotel: Courtyard Lexington Movies: Empire Strikes back Car issues: Car shakes when braking again. Stability Trac light came on. Now everything is fine. Goodbye Florida. We packed up and hit the road by 9 AM. I saw a weather system crossing our path. I wanted to beat it. We also know traffic would be bad especially in Tennesee where the road is down to one lane due to a rock slide a month ago. I am the planner and navigator. We managed to stay outside the front of the storm almost to Macon Georgia which was awesome ... read more

Wednesday March 30,2016 ===================== Slowly got out of bed,showered and had breakfast this morning in Walterboro,SC. Around 9:15 am, got into the car and checked out of the hotel and I put my bag together for the day. Arrived in Savannah,GA around 10:30 am and walked into the Visitor's Center. Found out that there was Fort and Battlefield nearby which we were able to walk to from the center. The Battlefield- Memorial for the hundreds who fought and died for freedom on October 9,1779 in Savannah,GA. 8,000 troops of three armies fought during the Revolutionary War Battle of Savannah. 2,500 British troops faced 5,500 French and American troops- Soldiers from Haiti,Germany,Scotland,Ireland,Sweden and Poland took part in the fighting. It remained part of Britain for many more years, after the war in Savannah. After learning about t ... read more

Up nice and early around 7.30am and got the bags all packed up again, and headed downstairs for breakfast before we made the walk up Peachtree Street to the Hertz Depot to pick up our hire car. I had charged Mr. Tom Tom that Bruce had kindly lent me but I was getting concerned as I could not switch it over to US Maps (it was still on Australian maps). I figured it was because we were indoors so I took it with me as we walked to the Hertz depot hoping it would spring to life. It did not ! OMG how am I going to find my way around now ? Anyway we got to the Hertz depot and I showed him the printout of my reservation and I could not believe it but ... read more

Up at 3am and ready to head back to LAX for our flight to our next destination Atlanta in Georgia. It has been almost 24 hours since we arrived and I miss flying ! Well we both agreed the beds at 4 Points Sheraton LAX were amazingly comfortable. Shame we only got half a night to sleep there. Will be back here again no doubt as they allow you to check in for 24 hours from your actual arrival (i.e. arrive at 7am and stay until 7am and only pay for 1 night stay). Only 10 minutes to LAX with free hotel shuttle so good for connections. Anyway we got to the Airport and check in was a breeze. In fact with Southwest Airlines you print up your own baggage labels and stick them on yourself ... read more

As we sit at the Tybee Island RV Park the 30 Jan date that we had originally planned for our departure has finally arrived. We never imagined that we would already be 9 days into our trip by then. Fortunately we found a great little RV park run by the city and had a chance to visit Savannah just 13 miles up the road. What a great city with a lot of history. Much like Charleston the city is steeped in both Revolutionary and Civil war history except that Savannah did not get burned to the ground like Charleston did so much of the old original town exist to this day and they have done a great job of preserving the homes and gardens. The riding/walking tour allowed us to get off the bus at any ... read more