We got off to a slow start, because you gotta have breakfast, innit. Breakfast was burgers, seems like a very Southern thing.
After a shower and breakfast burgers, we got on the road heading south-ish. First stop was our optional objective, the Red Top Mountains. It was uh.. false advertising. I don’t know if it can legally be called a mountain. It was a nice area though, and given infinity time we’d definitely do some trail hiking. But, we don’t have infinite time, so all I got was a keychain, a little something special, and we extended the line on the map through to the next park.
At this point mild panic started to settle in, as I couldn’t find the rest of my keychain. After some hunting and contacting people, it was located safe and sound in Indy, and the panic subsided.
Late afternoon, we hit out second optional objective, the Heechee Chattahoochee Bend state park. There was a scenic overlook. Somewhere. We couldn’t find it, but it was a nice detour, and we got to do a turn-around down someone’s driveway in the middle of rural Georgia. The park itself was a nice place once we found it, but we also didn’t get anything, or go for a hike.
Next up, we knew that when we left Georgia, we’d be going through Alabama, but we also knew we’d need a route planned ahead of time when we got there. So before it became an issue, we drew a red line on the map to the state exit, and back in a little further south.
Then we did what the line said.
We must always do what the line says.
All hail the line.
With our Alabama map collected, the next line segment was to Plains, GA, to find ourselves a giant peanut. As it started to get dark though, we found a random Walmart in Columbus, and made sammiches while eyeballing the river.
By the time we reached it though, it was after nightfall, so we drove past to Cordele to find a nice truckstop, and bed down for the night.
Summary
- Daily distance: 600km / 373 miles
- Total distance: 600km / 373 miles
- Keychains: 1 new, 3 total
- Maps acquired:
- Georgia
- Alabama
- Days behind live: 1
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