Pics: 1) Smoky haze in Alabama; 2) clear skies in Georgia; 3) the billboards here are so high!
5-23-07-Wednesday-66498 - 485 – Knox Hill RV, AL – Mostly sunny - low +67 - high +94
Saw 1 deer and 2 turtles
There was a smoky haze at our Alabama campsite when we got up due to the forest fires in Georgia and Florida. The wind is blowing a bit so hopefully it will clear out soon. As we drove north, the sky cleared of the smoke and was mostly sunny, with some scattered clouds for most of the day. About five miles into South Carolina, we ran into a little rainstorm that didn’t last very long. We were surprised by the billboards - they are extremely high, to tower over the larger trees. Some of the sights we passed today were Talladega Speedway, where the Olympics were held in Atlanta and the turnoff for the Cowpens Battlefield, site of a bloody Civil War battle.
We left our campsite in Alabama at 1130 and crossed into Georgia at 1526; crossed from Georgia into South Carolina at 2000; from South Carolina into North Carolina at 2145 and located Fontaine at 2230. We didn’t see the Unimog from the front fence so we will have to wait until morning.
After we left Fontaine for the night, we looked for an RV park nearby. Following the GPS’ suggestion for a campground/RV park, we ended up in a mobile home park instead. From now on, if the GPS suggestion does not include “RV Park” in the description or we can’t find it in our campground locator book or KOA book, we won’t go there. Since this happened and we knew a KOA was fairly close, we decided to go back to Fort Mill, South Carolina (just south of Charlotte, where Fontaine is located), crossing back into this state at 2330. This KOA office has an Exxon gas station (and gas was decently priced compared to the surrounding area) and a pizza stand. We caught them just before closing so had a pizza for dinner instead of making dinner at midnight.
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