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Headed out this morning in cool but clear weather, it climbed up to about 15ºC before plummeting to 1ºC as we headed further north. The roads were pretty clear until the final couple of hours where we hit rush hour traffic, dark and heavy rain.

We traveled from South Carolina through Virginia into West Virginia where we stopped for the night at Martinsburg.

One day go and if the weather behaves we should be home tomorrow evening.

Woke up at 7AM to a clear warm morning, typical, now we are leaving it decides to warm up. It was 23°C by 9AM. It took about 45 minutes to get the trailer closed up, the we headed out. About 20 minutes up the road Lyn remembered that the fleeces and geo-caching stuff were back in the trailer! Well they are still in the trailer!

We headed out of Alabama into Georgia and through the centre of Atlanta. We had a couple of slow downs in Atlanta, but it only added a few minutes to the trip. Next state was South Carolina, we are stopping in Anderson SC for the night, about 20 miles north of the GA border.

We averaged around 65MPH and 46MPG, so far the cheapest gas has been here in S.C at $2.37 per gal (70¢ CAD/Litre)

Time for a walk and food.

Yet another clear sunny day and, as it gets closer to our leaving, the temperature continues to rise. We topped out in the low 70’s today.

After breakfast it was time to do a little clearing up outside in preparation for packing. The BBQ was stripped down and cleaned, it is amazing how much “stuff” accumulates at the bottom of the BBQ after a few weeks use. I also did a little work on the water tanks so that I can do a quick final rinse on Monday morning.

Lyn has almost fully recovered from her stomach bug, and luckily it stayed away from me!  The sewing machine was put through its paces for the last time this trip.

After lunch we headed off to a trail that we had walked previously, but not on this trip. We walked about 2.5 miles on a sandy track around a large lagoon, the sand was fairly loose in places so we got a good work out.

On the way home we managed to find 3 geo-caches and a Wal-Mart! We needed a few last minute things from the store, and this is where we gave into temptation Wal-Mart has some fresh baked donut and pies, so we decided to reward ourselves for our continued weight loos on this trip.

Depending how well the packing goes tomorrow there may or may not be a blog. Likewise on the trip home,  the blog will depend on internet access etc. I will definitely do a blog once we get home.

Another clear and sunny wakeup, the temperature hovered around freezing point last night, but climbed into the low 60’s later in the day.

Lyn was suffering from a slight tummy bug last night and it didn’t get much better today, so we spent Black Friday doing the best thing we could, stay in and avoid the shopping crowds. Hopefully she’ll be back yo normal(??) tomorrow.

Again, a clear sunny start to the day, with temperatures climbing up into the high fifties. Being as today is a holiday we decided to do even less than usual.

Lunch was scheduled for noon, which is an hour earlier than we usually eat, plus it would be a full meal. How to confuse the body. As is usual here, if something is scheduled for xx o’clock, people start arriving at least 30 minutes early. Lyn cooked the sweet potato casserole yesterday, so it just needed heating through. We headed across just before noon and put the casserole on the table…….. along with 3 other almost identical dishes! Oh well, its the thought that counts!

The meal was great with about 44 people attending, although there was a great temptation to over indulge, the stomach filled up pretty quick and told the brain NO!

After lunch we headed back to the trailer for a while, then headed out to try and walk off some of the excess calories. I think my appointment with the scales may be delayed a few days.

The next few days will see us start to close up the trailer for an early start out of here Monday morning.

Running short of title ideas again! A clear sunny morning after a coolish night. The temperature climbed up into the high 50’s as the day progressed.

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and there is a communal meal being hosted in the rec. room. The resort is providing the turkeys and each couple is asked to bring a dish with them to share. We headed out this morning to do our final grocery and get the items needed for our contribution. Lyn is making a sweet potato casserole.

These cooler evenings are taking a toll on our propane gas usage, the tank had to be filled again today. Unfortunately with a trailer that is not overly well insulated, and a furnace that seems to exhaust as much hot air as it circulates, we don’t have a very efficient system.

This afternoon we headed north to the town of Roberstdale in search of a liquidation store that Lyn had been told was selling crochet cotton at a very good price, and of course some geo-caches. We found the store, but they had decided to take the afternoon off in anticipation of Thanksgiving. Further north we found all six of the caches we looked for.

Back at the trailer it was time to sit outside and drink coffee, then onto the computer to sort out the route and hotels to stay at on the trip home next week.