It’s in the 40s here this morning off the coast of Alabama, but on the other hand it’s in the single digits in New York, so I won’t complain. Much.
I went for a walk this morning, and did not feed the alligators:
After breakfast, we visited the Estuarium:
We walked the beach to Fort Gaines, one of the forts involved in the Battle of Mobile Bay:
I went for a run through beach and forest in the afternoon:
Shabbos in Atlanta was enjoyable. Turns out there were two families on the block that owned RVs!
I drove into Alabama to visit Horseshoe Bend National Military Park:
It was here that US forces under Andrew Jackson defeated the Red Stick Indians in 1814, but only after his Native American allies initiated an unauthorized attack on the Red Stick’s rear. The Red Sticks had built a fortification across the neck of this natural bend. US troops advanced from the foreground to the background of the photograph:
The approximate location of the Red Stick’s fortification:
US artillery position:
Memorial with incorrect date:
My next stop was Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site. It was here that African-American pilots were trained for combat in World War II. The visitor center was closed but it was still an interesting visit:
My next stop was nearby Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site:
This is Booker T. Washington’s house, The Oaks. It was interesting to see the final chapter in Washington’s life, as we visited Booker T. Washington National Monument in 2016 where we saw the slave quarters where he grew up:
I continued south to pick up Trish at the Mobile airport. We then continued south to Duaphin Island. See the trip map for today’s drive.
I woke up to a chilly but manageable 40 degrees in the RV this morning. I drove a few miles to Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park:
The visitor center was excellent as usual:
The visitor center houses the extensive Fuller Gun Collection:
I continued south to Atlanta to visit Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park:
The park includes King’s birth home:
King’s tomb:
I continued on to my Shabbos location in Atlanta:
Good Shabbos from Atlanta, Georgia! See the trip map for today’s drive.
I awoke to a delivery truck at the Cracker Barrel restaurant where I spent the night. I headed out to my first stop, Cumberland Gap National Historical Park:
The park preserves the Cumberland Gap, a break in the Appalachian Mountains. The “discovery” of the gap by white settlers in 1750 allowed for the settling of Kentucky and Tennessee.
When I arrived, I discovered that the RV refrigerator no longer works on propane but does work on electricity, so I raised my solar panels and turned on the inverter to generate 120VAC:
For some reason, my current phone (LG V20) doesn’t communicate with the solar controller’s Bluetooth module, but my backup phone works. Here I’m generating 384 watts of power and consuming 261 watts to operate the refrigerator:
I wanted to visited the Gap itself as well as the Pinnacle Overlook, but the road has a 20-foot length limit, and I’m at 28 feet, so I dropped a motorcycle off the front rack:
From the overlook, the Gap is the cleft running to the lower left corner of the photograph:
Views from the overlook:
On the way back down, I visited a Civil War defensive position. The Gap changed hands several times during the Civil War:
I parked the motorcycle and hiked up to the Gap itself:
This memorial marks Daniel Boone’s trail through the Gap:
The 20-foot length limit on the road makes sense:
I continued east into Tennessee to Visit Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area:
I then headed south to visit Obed Wild and Scenic River:
I continued south to overnight at a closed Cabellas in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. See the trip map for today’s drive.
As usual, I was a couple hours late getting going. The plan is for me to pick up Trish in Mobile on Sunday, so I’m travelling solo for now:
Google directed me to cross this bridge, but I’m too heavy, so I had to cross at a different bridge:
Refueling after many hours of driving near Roanoke, Virginia:
I continued on to overnight at a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Virginia. See the trip map for today’s drive.
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