Friday May 25, 2012

Hello All,

First of all we left Savannah and had a tire start to go down, so we went to have it repaired and it had a HUGE bulge in it..Oy! That could have been bad, luckily we bought a new tire and were on our way pretty fast! Thanks Derek for remembering us each night, I credit us still being here and not wrecked on the road when that tire could have blown to you and your sweet thoughts for us each night!

We got to Atlanta and headed to Gallery 63 to enjoy the auction and see the people from the TV show Auction Kings. We got our number and headed in to the auction where we found our seats on the bleachers and settled in for the auction. It was fun, fast paced and no we were not filmed nor did we buy anything... :)

We found our friends house (only three miles from the auction house!) and it was so great to see our friends Ralph and Maree! They traveled with us 3 years ago on the DC to Santa Cruz roadtrip and we have kept in touch. We were welcomed with open arms and given a beautiful room in their lovely home.

The next morning we went to CNN for the tour and then to the World of Coca Cola (In case you don't know Coke was invented here in Atlanta! They are all about it!). Both were alot of fun and I learned alot at CNN about how they keep up that steady stream of news! I saw my all time favorite CNN personality Anderson Cooper and gave him a little kiss, he was so serious though! At the World of Coke I gave my man a little smooch too, didn't want him to be jealous of me and Anderson! Oh then I saw Ryan Seacrest he was there and well, ya know I had to give him a little peck too!

Maree made us fresh peach daqui's and a delicious steak dinner last night.

Today Maree and I hit an amazing store that had jewlery, purses, hats, scarves and all things girl! That was a welcome respite, I haven't shopped in a month! We all went to the Jimmy Carter library and museum this afternoon and that was so inspirational. No matter what you think about him as a President, he is an amazing humanitarian! We went to a place for dinner called Six Feet Under across from a famous cemetary (Hence the name!) and it was fantastic food! I had 4 small crabcakes, Gary had a chicken sandwhich with homemade potato chips! Delish! Karen M that part about the food was for you Sister!

Tomorrow morning we will experience the Atlanta Farmers Market and then we are off! On to Ashville, or Nashville? I'm just the passenger! I hear them talking about a car show at Graceland so maybe I'm going to Memphis?

See ya on the Road!
Ter :)
　
'From the driver's seat'.... We left lovely Savannah and headed west for what we assumed would be an easy drive. We stopped for lunch and I again checked what I thought looked like a low tire. After lunch it was definitely low! I asked a local for a tire repair shop and he pointed to a tire outlet on the other side of the parking lot! Once again, the car it's little problem in very convenient lovcations.

I rolled over there, thinking that they'd pull out a nail or something and we'd be on our way.....not so fast...when they removed the tire there was a huge bulge on the inside, literally about to blow. Frankly, I don't know why it hadn't already.....someone watching over us, for sure. The guys got us a new tire and we were on our way in probably less than a half hour.

As Terry said the CNN and Coke tours were great fun...we spent the evening sitting around Ralph and Maree's laughing, talking and solving the world's problems. Ralph BBQ'd some staeks and Maree made a very tasty Ceasar salad...first home cooked meal sinced Maryland. Today started out going to Ralph's friend Bruce's shop to look at his lovely '70 Nova SS and look through his project book....the guy has done some great work including getting Ralph's '50 Plymouth cooled off. I learned a couple cool tricks from him that I can incorporate into my everyday car workings.

I have been a huge fan of Jimmy Carter ever since I went to see him in Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco in 1976. His museum is a testament to his peace keeping efforts...a wonderful man.

Dinner was at a very cool grille, I had a delicious chicken sandwich....it must have been good because I ate the whole thing!!!! Then we all strolled through an old cemetery with hundreds of Civil War grave stones....the huge waste of life....a very sad place.

We toured Atlanta, seeing some spectacular houses and lovely school campuses. It looks to be a beautiful to live....but I'm not moving! We'll be heading for Greenville to have dinner with Mike and Roni Grajcar at their home, then Ashville to visit a relative, Nashville and then Memphis for a car show at Graceland...how cool is that!! Thanks for finding that Maree!!!!!

It was a wonderful few days with our good friends, reliving some moments from our previous trip and making new ones....my face hurts from laughing so much! Thank you very much for your wonderful hospitality...

It's late, I'm tired, will write more tomorrow......

　
　



Bad Tire!