Waiting in Atlanta

Here I am, still in at my brother's place near Atlanta Georgia. Originally I planned to be on my way by the first of the month, but I had to wait for some mail to come here for me. That came Yesterday so I decided to go to church here this morning and leave in the afternoon.

Here is a picture of the Renns (back in North Carolina) like I promised in my last post. Jeff should be easy enough to pick out, he's the one with the beard, Gracie is on his right, and his wife Leigh is on his left, along with Lilly, and Isabelle in the front. I left there almost a week ago. In some ways it seems like it was yesterday.

The truck repairs turned out to be much less painful than I thought they would be. The people I talked to in Shelby said I would have to replace my axle. The place I brought it to down here said there was no need to do that and they just replaced some bearings and a seal. It took less than a day and it cost less than half of what the other places said it would. Now I just hope they did everything they should have. I don't want to have to go through this again.



Last night we all went to a Lunar Eclipse party. I got a few shots but they didn't turn out quite like I thought they would. There was a bonfire, a hayride and a lot of kids.

I got a couple shots of the eclipse but I'm afraid they didn't turn out quite like I wanted them to. I though this one looked kind of interesting anyway.

A lot of my time here I spent getting business done, getting caught up on Lost and Heroes, and just spending time with family, so I don't have a lot of photos. Actually it's probably good that I get out of here because I've been getting quite lazy. I've actually been sleeping in some. It's been very comfortable here but we all know that comfort is the enemy of adventure. Adventure awaits! Time to leave comfort behind! This is also the beginning of the solo part of the trip. I will be meeting up with a few people here and there but for the most part I will be on my own. The real adventure part of the trip starts this afternoon.





OK OK OK!! While I was working on this post, the evil people in the photo above talked me into staying one more night. I am such a push-over! I guess I wouldn't have gotten all that far in one afternoon anyway. The evil people pictured are my brother Randy and his family. Randy is in the back with his wife Paige and son Noah. In front we have, from left to right, Caleb, Lydia, and Eli. The hairy one looking on is Chloe.

I hesitate to add this but my nephew Noah, who is also a fine photographer, took a photo of me that's... well.... extraordinary. You might want to be sitting down when you see it. It's at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/356/307212270/in/set-72157594393444068/. I'll have to see if he can take a normal photo of me some time.

Tomorrow morning I will be on my way. Honest! The only thing I can see holding me back are sickness, injury, mechanical issues or excessive laziness. I refuse to let laziness get that excessive. Right now I my next target is the Okefenokee Swamp in southern Georgia. I should have lots of photos for my next post. Thanks for looking and keep praying.