11/08/10 Monday

Monday – 11/08/10

Photos until we depart Gautier:  http://silverserenity.shutterfly.com/2313

Finally we are on the road! It was beginning to seem like it would never happen. With my arm in a brace over my elbow, most of the work with the heavy things was left up to Thomas. He had his hands full with trying to get the garden closed up and put to sleep, making sure the exterior of the house and micro-farm were ready for us to be gone about 6 months, and now filling in for me where I couldn’t use my right arm for much.

On Monday morning the trailer and truck were packed. The finishing touches to the house were done and the refrigerator was emptied out. At 12:45 we got in and departed the driveway. Out on the main road Thomas turned North instead of South. Ooopps! At least it wasn’t a biggie. Then we realized we hadn’t checked the lights on the trailer. OK, another stop to assure everything was in working order. Things have got to get better. LOL

Then the phone rings. It is Matt with Monterey County Parks in California. We got the work camper job in Monterey County! How wonderful. The trip is looking up now. We are to begin January 15, 2011. That will be our first day to be on our site. It will be mostly just a day to get set up and meet the other couple there and also Matt.

Our park will be Jack’s Peak Park which is a day park. Jack’s Peak is open from 10 am to 5 pm in January the hours will shift some with daylight savings time and the summer but those are generally the hours. We are not sure how many days we will work yet but have been told that for a couple they ask about 25 hours and we work the same hours and days.

We are very excited to say the least. This is the first work camper job we have ever applied for AND the only one we applied to this year. Our luck could not have been better. This also means that we will be able to spend those 3 months close to Thomas’ Mom and Dad and his sister Elaine and her husband Lucky.

Now we are floating down US 221 South to 85 South towards our first major stop which will be Gautier, Mississippi. (Pronounced “Go-shay”.) The first gas stop in South Carolina was to fill up at $2.599. I-85 will be our route until we get to Montgomery, Alabama. From Montgomery, we will take I-65 S to Mobile, Alabama to I-10 W to US 90 to Gautier, Mississippi.

The trip navigator didn’t figure in what time we would be driving through Atlanta, Ga and the last thing we wanted to do was fight work traffic. A two hour layover put us back on the road at 7 pm.

We arrived in Newnan, GA and went to the Super WalMart for our first night on the road.

Good night to all and we will talk to you again soon,

Brona and Thomas