The day started early with Beth driving into the office for her final day. She was kind enough to load the varmints into the RV last night (she also slept in the RV with them) so I wouldn’t have to fight that battle on my own. I finished packing the RV and then headed up to the office to pick her up. I stopped at the Ace Hardware on Big Bend and topped off the LP tank and then the Shell station on Bruce B. Downs to top off the fuel tank.
Once I arrived at the office I hooked up the Tahoe and by the time I was finished my former co-worker/boss Alex and her co-worker Kay stopped by the RV to wish Beth goodbye. Beth hadn’t completed her exit interview yet, but they all ran into each other on the elevator and said their goodbyes.
Beth and a group of her co-workers escorted her out to see the RV and say their goodbyes. We departed at 11:40 AM EDT. I got a bit sleepy and Beth took over driving while I napped from Gainesville to north of Valdosta. I took over and she went back to the bedroom and took her first successful retirement nap.
We thought we had strategically avoided Atlanta traffic by arriving there around 7:30PM, but we got stuck in some traffic south of I-675 for about 30 minutes. Then we were hit by construction traffic twice north of Atlanta that took about an hour to get through. We finally arrived at the Adairsville, GA Cracker Barrel at 9:30 PM EDT. We called ahead and verified that we are welcome to park here for the night. Can’t wait for Hash Brown Casserole in the morning.