October 27, 2023 Day 20 Thomasville Georgia 149 miles
We have an earlier departure this morning. When we left the hotel it was dark so we had to turn on the lights. Our headlights have taken on a new life. They think they are intermittent strobe lights. Good thing we don’t have far to go. For those that don’t know your cell phone flash light might be brighter than the woodie’s headlights.
The sky looked mostly sunny so before long the sun is up shining in our eyes. Then we got to add the low ground fog that was in some places. Put that with the Spanish moss and it must be getting close to Halloween. A rather eerie look to everything. The mist came over the road in a couple of spots. Glad it wasn’t too thick nor for too long.
About fifteen miles into our trip we misunderstood the directions and took a wrong turn. When the next instruction didn’t work we knew something was wrong. We turned around and went back about four miles. Now we were back on the correct route again. The beauty of a wrong turn is a new perspective.
The coffee break today was at a large greenhouse facility. We didn’t see much activity other than the tour group. There was a long line at the portable restrooms.
An error in the directions would have taken us way out of the way. It said to drive 68 miles when it should have said 6.8 miles.
We are headed for the Georgia Museum of Agriculture. Luckily one of the tour people was out pointing to the road or we would have missed it. Then the directions said to turn into the parking lot. What they didn’t say was the parking lot was half a mile down the road.
The museum is nicely done. It really helped explain more about cotton, pecans, tobacco and turpentine. Outside they had several old buildings to explore. One of the houses had the most beautiful wooden corner cabinet. It is made of curled pine. You can only get curled pine from old trees. That wood was incredible. Today trees are cut down too soon to get that grain.
We had lunch at the museum. A box lunch with pulled pork, potato salad and baked beans. Once again lots to eat.
Two fields other than cotton or peanuts were on the way back. One was cabbage. The other not sure what but it was planted in three arch rows then an empty space and three more arched rows and an empty space. This continued for several acres.
We headed back and stopped at Walmart for more oil, filled the car with gas, and did laundry. Then it was time to go to the closing banquet. Some people dressed in period attire. We won a trophy for driving the furthest. When we read the trophy it said furthest trailered. We got a good chuckle. Time to pack up some to prepare to leave tomorrow. Key West be on the alert. We are headed our way.
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