Atlanta's highways make me crazy.

We have arrived in Charlotte NC after crossing through Mississippi, Georgia, and South Carolina. We headed out much earlier today than yesterday, that is at 11 AM and so we arrived in North Carolina around midnight. The day started nicely with breakfast which represented the first time that Nancy has ever had grits. She likes cheese grits, much less like grits than like a casserole, but never has she taken the opportunity to have grits. Since we are traveling across the US we are taking the opportunity to eat the various local favorites, and so in Mississippi that meant sweet tea and grits. She actually enjoyed them.

With breakfast on board, we fueled up the vehicle and headed east to Georgia. We did encounter a bit of rain and storms today but for the most part, we were able to dodge the big storms all day. We really enjoyed the drive through Mississippi, it was much lusher than we expected as we drove through the national forests that lined our route. We rolled into Georgia listening to the Dixie Chicks singing about old Earl and it was outside Birmingham that we hit the rain.
We were lucky and we hit Atlanta at 7 pm so we completely missed rush hour and man am I relieved. I cannot imagine hitting the middle of Atlanta and the interchange of I-20 with I-85 that threw us for a loop. Literally, we missed getting into the correct lane and had to exit, take two of the sharpest hairpin turns I have made to date on a freeway system and then we were off on 85 to Carolina.

Not much to report as we blasted through the Carolinas and we are bedded in for the night. For those that are interested, the dogs, cat, and the parrot are all traveling very well. We shall see what happens as day three starts.

Finally, the strangest event of the entire day was a telephone interview I conducted with the Canadian Broadcast System Radio Division on why a Texan would choose to move to PEI. It went really well (according to Nancy) and I must say that it was by far the last thing I ever expected to happen.