Day 18; Kingsland GA to Dillard's GA.
Dillard's House=awesome (we will get to that)
Like I said in yesterday's post, last night was perfect sleeping weather. Dad and I woke up refreshed and well rested (didn't even take a mid day break, aka nap). We had yogurt and cheese for breakfast as we adjusted our route for the day. The first half of the day went by crazy fast! The first stretch we rode 130 miles in what felt like half an hour. The second stretch went by quickly too. Lunch; however, was a turning point for the day.
We found a nice shade tree off the highway and decided to eat among the trees. We made our usual sandwiches, got some sodas, and got fat :) I had some skittles left over from a previous stop (I had never seen a green bag of skittles before, so I had to buy them) and dad picked up some cheetos from the store a couple days ago.
Here's where today's journey gets good... THUNDER STORM! On a recommendation through Facebook, we changed or route to go to Dillard's house for dinner, and our new direction lead us to some fun. As we approached the storm, my dad got me on coms and suggested we find a gas station to pull into so we could fill up and get our rain gear on. Not finding any, I chose to continuedown the road until (all of a sudden) we were getting dumped on. We raced to cover our bags and ourselves from the rain before continuing.
Here's where today's journey gets great... Sore from today's ride, we finally got to Dillard's House! (Second turning point of the day). We walked in, and were instantly taken care of. We chatted with some of the ladies about our trip (specifically about our day in the rain) as we got situated with a room. Tonight's dinner and tomorrow's breakfast were/are held in a beautiful dining hall, and dinner itself made staying here worth it. My stomach is quite a bit larger than it was before dinner. It's a southern, family style dinner that includes red potatoes, sweet potatoes, cooked carrots, deep fried okra, creamed corn, chicken fried steak, corn bread muffins, ham, cabbage with cheese, and fried chicken. If that wasn't enough, there was strawberry cobbler for dessert, mmmm :)
After dinner we went back to our room and out on the back porch in the rocking chairs where we enjoyed a marvelous view of the mountains. When thesun set, we started enjoying the show the fireflies put on for us. Little flying lights out in the bushes, and some so close you could touch them. I want to give a shout out to my friend for telling us about this rejuvenating piece of history, and a thank you to the hostesses for accepting us when we walked inside in our rain gear and wet clothes. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED :D
Much love, LB
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