Spring Training 2023 - Day 69

 On the road.

We left Tifton, GA this morning around 10:00 am and headed southwest on US 319 towards Tallassee, FL It is a good highway that travels through rural Southern Georgia.  Lots of ag land, mostly fallow right now, small towns with a couple of gas stations, a Dollar General, and at least one or two Baptist churches. Since today is Sunday, there were a lot of cars parked in the church lots. We saw some really poor housing situations as well as some impressive larger houses/plantations along the way. Not a Confederate flag in sight but lots of American flags in the yards of houses we passed.

After entering Florida just North of Tallahassee and turning right as we entered the city on to I-10W, we headed toward Pensacola, FL, our stop for the night.  It was almost a perfect travel day, driving wise. Clear skies, dry roads, no wind, light traffic and no construction delays. We will be on I-10W most of the way home.

We were concerned how Judy would be able to effectively travel as she recovers from her bout with pneumonia.  She remains weak with limited mobility and strength. Her throat is still a little raspy but does not have any respiratory symptoms or any cognitive limitations. Consequently, we have modified our RV travel arrangements somewhat. Since Judy cannot easily get in and out of the front seat of the RV, she decided to travel sitting/laying down on the sofa just behind the front cab.  It worked pretty well but she reacted a little to the normal bouncing around of the RV, After taking a motion sickness pill, she was a lot better.  Likewise, bathroom stops cannot be made while the RV is moving.

Nevertheless, we safely arrived in Pensacola around 3:00 pm local after gaining an hour entering the Central Time Zone. It is a nice RV park, just off of I-10W near the many things to do in the Pensacola area.  We have done most of them on previous trips with great memories but will not be doing so again this time.

Our next stop tomorrow will be near Lafayette, LA (Breaux Bridge).  We are staying there for two nights. We will be taking our time going home and expect to arrive on Saturday, May 6th if everything goes well.

It is great to be finally heading home.