At Bubba’s Foods at 8 am.  Nice place.  It’s out in the woods which is a welcome change to most places we go to.

Ran in to a lady who works for Trans Am.   She got here right after we did.    We saw her at National Beef when we got our load and at Tonkawa  when we stopped for the night.  We must be on the same schedule.

All done and headed to Dalton, Georgia to Family Dollar and then to West Plains, Missouri at Dollar General and then taking all this to Maquoketa, Iowa.

Got to our first stop in Dalton, a warehouse for clothing for Family Dollar.   Unfortunately, there are two guys with hand trucks loading the trailer.  This may take a while.

Surprisingly fast load considering.   Only there about an hour and a half.

On to West Plains, Missouri for the rest of our load.    Got stopped just outside of Chattanooga for an accident though.

Saw these at a rest stop north of Chattanooga.

Found a spot just north of Nashville to stop for the night.   Really nice older gentleman told us it was okay.  Its not a truck stop so you have to be sure.   We have about 400 miles to go tomorrow to West Plains, Missouri.   Then on to Iowa.

Got some pretty pictures today.   The sun came around so bright and the temperature reached 78 degrees!   I am now back in my sandals and no jacket.   Its wonderful.  Yes, Gregory, I know.  You were never out of yours.  LOL.

The trees in Georgia are really starting to open up and bud and bloom.   I got a few pictures of the red bud trees and the pear trees but whats neat to see is little tiny buds on the big trees and the grass starting to turn green.   Hope we don’t get a big snow now!

DG:  Another day of trying my best not to run over somebody.  I swear it’s like a demolition derby some days.  Every body trying to get in that little space in front of me as close as they can make it.  By the grace of God I have yet to nail somebody.

So here we go again, through Tennessee and into Missouri, then on to Iowa.  I put in a request for something on the west coast or southwest.  Now that spring is here, even the old rout is going to be different every day for a while but still would like to see some more of this beautiful country.

Pulled into a convenient mart.  Not a truck stop but the guy said we could park here.  We first went to a place just on the other side of the Interstate that has fuel pumps for big rigs but had numerous signs up stating no truck parking.  We got the hint and left.  Without fueling.

Sunny and warm.  Just the way I like it.  Want to thank my son again for the CB radio he gave me.  It came in handy when we came upon the backed up traffic due to that crushed car you see in the pictures.  We were north bound on I24, three lanes of traffic, and the truckers going southbound were letting us know on the CB that the only lane open ahead was the left lane.  So that gave us some time to get in the left lane and move past the wreck quicker.  Some of the things you hear on that radio are funny.  One trucker wanted clarification as to the proper lane to choose and asked if that was the hammer down lane.  Not all who heard that thought it was funny, but I got a chuckle out of it.

Well, looks like Annie has the TV working so we will watch a show or two before bed.  Don’t have to get up at the crack of dawn tomorrow so we can stay up a bit and watch some tube.

Good night and God bless.