only about two shy...

... of driving four hundred miles today. I got up too early and was on the road by shortly after 6 a.m. Driving to Florida to have lunch and a visit with friends. There is something so peaceful to me to be up and on the road, heading out as the sun begins to lighten up the landscape, glowing clouds in the east. Long shadows across the farm land, fields of dark green corn stalks standing tall as the day begins. Virtually no traffic on the highway once I passed through Ft. Benning,with all the military and contract people heading in to work on post.

We had cheap fun when daughter met us for lunch with kids: bouncy, energetic, completely incapable of sitting in chairs long enough to share a half of grilled cheese and apple. Sweet and funny, cute and amusing. They were headed out to the pool for a daily diversion before they will start summer camps or day care next week.

I knew it was over 150 miles from home to Tallahassee, so not surprised by the distance driving to Albany, then Thomasville, and straight south to I-20, a short hop over to the exit to get to their house. We sat and chatted, caught up on family doings, news worth sharing, then went to meet the peeps for lunch. I wanted to get back home before dark, due to necessity for early bed to get up at 5 a.m. for work on Saturday.

I came back through Havana and Bainbridge, up the western edge of the state on Highway 27, all four-laned, with no traffic at all - and easy drive back to middle Georgia. Smooth roads with only about four traffic lights for the two hundred miles through farm land. Little population, few residences, a couple of big tractors puttering along, with raised harrow blades that appeared wide enough to cover both lanes, and more fields of corn you could almost see growing: looking green and healthy.  Ran into a few spots of heavy rain, such a deluge it was hard to seethe road in full daylight.  Just storms that I passed through in a matter of minutes/miles. Looked at mileage when I got home again to discover I was only several miles shy of having driven four hundred for the day. On one tank of gas: pretty impressive!