Our Odysseus (mini motorhome) took us through the Carolinas to Augusta, Georgia yesterday (about 400 miles). On the first day of any trip one discovers what it was he or she meant to pack and didn’t, what was on the list and wasn’t checked off, etc. We forgot paper towels! An essential on any road trip. This need necessitated a visit to Walmart early yesterday morning. Naturally, we left the store with far more than paper towels!
Have you ever noticed how many bridges are a part of our highway system? We really do know how to build “beautiful” bridges to cross over creeks, swamps and rivers. Surely we can build bridges over our differences, too? We crossed bridges over Fishing Creek, the Tar, Neuse and the Great Pee Dee Rivers, and a number of swamps, including Bloomery Swamp. We know how to build walls, too. Traveling through several of the urban areas we observed huge ugly walls along the interstate separating living areas from the noise and the pollution of the highway. Walls separate and divide—bridges bridge!
Have you ever heard of the Army having or providing a resort of any sort? I can now vouch for the fact that there is such a thing as an Army Resort and it’s located on Clarks Hill (Strom Thurmond) Lake, a preserve with 70,000 acres of water and a 1,000 miles of shoreline. It is called “Pointes West Army Resort.” This recreation area belongs to Fort Gordon some 30 miles away in Appling, GA. We spent our second night on the road at a Resort! An Army Resort, no less! (Thank goodness, the government re-opened at noon yesterday!)
The really significant event of yesterday’s journey is that we changed our direction from the South (I-95) to the West (I-20). We originally thought we’d travel south to Jacksonville and take I-10 westward, but I-20 will eventually get us to I-10 as well. Westward Ho! We can change direction—it is a matter of choice!
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| Hoping to visit Pipe Organ National Park just one more time. I love the desert! |
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