October 26, 2023 Day 19 Thomasville Georgia 158 miles
Today is mostly cloudy except when we are going east. Then the sun is right in our eyes. Every morning we go to the fairgrounds to check our mail box and get the news and any corrections. A short article about us is in the news today. We are rather unique because we did not trailer our car to get here.
When we arrived the parking lot was full which is very unusual. Well some sort of national duck hunting dog competition is starting today at the fairgrounds. The event is sponsored by the national retriever organization. A really big event for the dogs and handlers.
Well we are off shortly after 8 am. Even more cotton and peanut fields. They are harvesting both so farm equipment is in the fields and on the roads between fields. Most of it is really big and takes up most of the road.
Not many farm animals in sight. We did see one donkey in a field with other farm livestock. Further down the road we saw another donkey all by itself in a huge field. Poor thing must get lonely. However, there was plenty to eat.
Our coffee break this morning is in a church parking lot that happened to be across from an elementary school. I thought we left reasonably early but a bunch of cars were already there. The parking area quickly filled up and more cars kept coming. Well getting out is going to be a challenge. Several folks say the bathroom break is more important than the coffee break. Argument here. Three port-a potties were available. There was a line most of the time. The school principal came over and asked if some of the cars would drive through the school’s circle drive. Pretty soon lots of kids were lining the drive and the cars made the circle before departing. The kids enjoyed the cars or maybe they enjoyed getting out of class.
A couple of miles of road had tractors pulling mowers cutting the grass in the barrow pits. Amazing how much grass they cut. Then a little further was another one.
Saw a sign for a cane maze. Looks like a corn maze but it is in a sugar cane field. That was the only sugar cane field we noticed even though cane syrup seems common here.
We are to have lunch at the Community Hall in Nashville Georgia. We parked the car and before we could get out a local lady came up and started talking to us. She must not have anyone to talk to at home because she spent at least 20 minutes with us. She had a doctors appointment in another town or she would have stayed longer. As luck would have it we were to eat in the second shift. We looked around some and then went in early. A live band was playing as we ate.
After lunch we passed a peanut processing plant and another cotton gin/peanut processing plant. Both of those seemed quiet today. Then we came to another very large solar farm.
Today we have an ice cream break in the afternoon. It is at Burton’s Brooks Orchard. Everyone got one scoop but you could buy more if you wanted. We had peach which didn’t taste much like peaches. Hard little chunks were in the ice cream they had no flavor. The little gnats here were so bad we left early.
Almost all of the houses today have front porches. The porches have some kind of furniture. It could be made of wood, wicker or upholstered. The style could be rocker, stationary or swinging. Single person or double. Didn’t see many people sitting on them. The houses out of town sit way back off the road with at least an acre of lawn in front. Sure glad I don’t have to mow that. Even a riding lawn mower would take a long time. A few houses have big bows or other decoration on their mailboxes. Not sure the significance.
Rob spent time this evening modifying the shipping boxes for Connie’s lamp. What a job!
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