New England Odyssey (Day 6)

Day 6

Memphis, TN to Madison, GA (7/15/17)

Driving, driving, driving!  Did about 450 miles--through Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and into Georgia & aren't even close to New England yet. 

It wasn't a very exciting day, but there are two observations I feel I must make:  

1.) What is up with all the trees around here????  If the good folks of Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia would cut down some of these gosh-darned trees, then maybe us tourist types could see a little more of the countryside, you know?

2.)  The drivers in the aforementioned states drive like IDIOTS!!  Speeding: weaving in and out of traffic; cutting in front of a person pulling a trailer and slamming on the brakes for no reason; speeding up and not letting you in when you signal a lane change!!  Good grief!!  I thought L.A. drivers were bad, but these people are way, WAY worse!  And less skillful.  We saw at least three wrecks yesterday and weren't surprised in the least.  Not at all.

OK.  Rant over.  Stopped in a place called Pell City, Alabama (a  bit east of Birmingham on the I-20) to visit an antique shop and see if I could find anything to add to my Occupied Japan salt & pepper shaker/figurine collection.  Sadly, there was nothing, but I did enjoy scoping out the rooms of old junk.

We were hoping to overnight in a Wal-mart parking lot, but again, the heat and humidity drove us to find a place where we could plug in and fire up the air conditioner.  We found a little RV park in Madison, GA to do just that & after a dinner of left-overs, we made an early night of it.