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This is the start of the return trip.  I left Milly’s today with only one item fer sure on my agenda between here and Reno, visiting Kurt in Austin. I had planned to maybe visit Doug in Starkville, Mississippi (home … Continued

Many things change as soon as you cross the state line into Florida.  I am at a campground a little southwest of the Okefenokee Swamp, on a freshwater lake called Ocean Pond. The sand is the small-grained whitish sand I … Continued

I drove the 120 miles or so back to the coast to the lovely city of Savannah. Not too much to say about it – a lot of walking, many picturesque squares, I lucked into free day at the art … Continued

not quite high enough to be the Highlands, but definitely not the Lowlands either. My post-walmart day started very well, my wifi app found me an excellent little cafe.  I seem to get a more targeted selection of eateries by … Continued

Today yelp was my friend.  It found me a breakfast place in Mt Pleasant, a town on way to Charleston, that was excellent.  It was super-crowded on a Saturday morning, but they had a counter that I slid right into.  … Continued

Last night I also downloaded a couple of find wifi near here apps, which are quite a bit better than the sports bar apps, but nowhere near as good as my find a campsite app which gives me the 411 … Continued

Ok, three separate observed instances make it true: every female Applebee’s bartender wears a black top and blue jeans and that black top is cut to maximize boobage.  Not complainin’, just observin’. The implacable predictability of American shopping culture has … Continued

I fixed my camera this morning, woo hoo!  The Surf Sports store beams wifi to their funky little campground, so I spent a lot of the evening googling phrases like canon powershot shutter opening.  Turns out many people have had … Continued

Goose Creek State Park – Thank you very much Mike and Carol for that extra night.  The ranger says it was essentially a gale here last night, very cold with sustained, hard-blowing rain, and I say it is perfectly clear … Continued

Ekim’s name is of course really Mike.  That was a grade school thing, the kind of humor that appeals to 10 year old boys.  He’s got a lovely house in the woodsy burbs of Chapel Hill, which I have visited … Continued