A tribute to chickens...

Today was a GREAT day for driving & enjoying the scenery. No snow, moderate wind, a relaxing time to take some notes for you as we traveled into South Carolina. Loved the NC license plate that read "S*NSHINE"; and the billboard for a motel that advertised "Fresh, new bedding" (as opposed to?...); Blenheim world famous ginger ale (now you know if you didn't before); a truck towing a container that read "Rain for Rent" (expect this is a low time of year for them). You can also tell it's getting warmer inside Tillie as well. John left his snow mobile boots in NJ and we shed our hats in NC. In SC we unzipped our coats and in Georgia I put away one of my lap robes. Things are looking up!

Tillie must sense that this may be her first and last trip through the south so seems determined to check in at least once a day with one our nation's backyard VW gurus. Today when we stopped at the Georgia welcome stop, Tillie refused to start again. John worked on her while I chatted up the personnel to locate "Hooker" who turned out to be only about 10 miles away. I also called AAA for a tow, but John got her going in time so that little "excitement" could be canceled. Hooker worked her right in and after putting in new timing stuff, she's running like a top again. (Can't wait to see who she'll find for us tomorrow...)

We didn't make it quite as far as we'd intended today so tonight finds us in Gainesville, Georgia which as luck would have it, is the Poultry Capital of the World, a fact that the tourist info office at the border fails to mention in its info but which we think is pretty neat. Never, ever have we seen a monument dedicated to a chicken, one of my favorite birds.