Travelling South- December 28, 2015

When we left home this morning it was cloudy and at 43° it was much cooler than yesterday. Since the month of December has been very unseasonably warm, we were not as anxious to head south as in years past. However, knowing what awaits us in Southwest Florida, we are now looking forward to spending the winter in Fort Myers.

 

 

 

We made a stop so that Cordell could buy some Virginia peanuts.

 

 

 

 

 

I saw some Redskin items and wondered if my friend, Barb, would like to buy this for her daughter who loves shoes. Her son-in-law is a big Dallas Cowboys fan, so maybe it would not be a good idea to bring this into his house--especially since the Redskins are going to the playoffs as the NFC East Division champs and Dallas will be sitting at home!

 

 

 

We stopped in the outskirts of Richmond to look for a geocache that has been nagging us for 9 months. It was placed in an old non-functioning telephone booth. We first look for it last April when we were returning home from Florida and we couldn't find it. We went back again in August with Melli and JoAnne, two of our church friends and geocaching buddies and none of us were able to find it then either.

 

 

 

Today, we had some very specific information from a previous finder and Cordell was finally able to retrieve it. I am vertically challenged and would never have found it by myself.

 

 

 

Shortly before we crossed into North Carolina, we drove into rain. I was thankful that it was not snow. We didn't see any off that white stuff in 2015 at all--not even one snowflake!

 

 

 

 

Sometimes, driving a few hours and especially in the rain can be a bit boring. But, there was an incident that got our blood pumping pretty well. A semi was traveling in front of us and had a tire blow out. It sounded like a canon fired and sure scared me, but the driver maintained control and got off the road. My superhero hubby, Cordell, also did a great job avoiding the debris. That was enough excitement for me today.

 

 

We drove to Kannapolis, NC, 20 mile from Charlotte and will spend the night here. Counting down—738 more miles to the condo!!