♫♪ On the road again… ♫♪
I don’t think this is the first time I’ve titled a post with the words to Willie Nelson’s iconic song, but Ken and I are on the road again—this time a three-week trip south from our southeast Missouri home into Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, and who knows where else! Best of all, we’re meeting up with some dear friends from our newlywed days in the Smoky Mountain National Park in Tennessee, and spending some time with Inspired by Life…and Fiction‘s own Tamera Alexander and her husband, Joe, on our way back home.
We’ve completed one week of our trip and it has been absolutely wonderful! As some of you may remember, Ken dragged me kickin’ and screamin’ into this whole camping-in-an-RV business, but this time around my enthusiasm has matched (or maybe even exceeded) his. I think partly because of the connections with friends, but also because this has been my dream trip!
“For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”On Saturday, I fulfilled a long-time dream of visiting St. Simons Island, Georgia, the setting for many of author Eugenia Price’s compelling novels that my mom shared with me when I was a young woman. We both loved Ms. Price’s stories and especially the true history of St. Simons Island that they contained. I shed a few happy tears when Christ Church came into view. It didn’t even matter that my view was through the pouring rain.
We have seen so much of God’s amazing Creation on our travels. Here are just a few more highlights from the first week of our trip.
Cloudland Canyon State Park, Tennessee.
High Falls State Park, Georgia.
The Lake at Little Ocmulgee State Park, Georgia. It has been a game-changer having our e-bikes on the trip with us. We can see SO much more of the area we’re in on bicycles!
Driftwood Beach on Jekyll Island, Georgia. We stayed on Jekyll Island two nights and explored it and St. Simons Island, making some wonderful memories!
I just can’t get enough of the live oaks dripping with Spanish moss here in the south. So different than anything we had in Kansas or have in Missouri.
A stunning sunset on Jekyll Island, Georgia.
Okay, the campground laundromat wasn’t exactly a highlight…especially since we needed it because we’d used all our towels to sop up the rain coming in our RV windows in a downpour. But hey, that’s RV life…and probably any kind of life. We’re doing our best to embrace the adventures, even when they’re not the most fun to go through.Friends, I hope you all are doing well and enjoying spring wherever you are.
