My brother and I are in the process of driving down to Jacksonville Beach, FL to photograph a wedding on Sunday. so far it has been a pretty interesting and fun trip. The first surprising thing is that the Magelan GPS app that I downloaded for my iPhone works AMAZINGLY well! A lot better than the old Magellan GPS that is 2 years old. I also bought the MAgellan Cradle for that works with the GPS app, and together it is great! We decided to go against the GPS and not go through Nashville on the way down. The reason is that we are going to be stopping in Nashville on the way home, so we wanted some different scenery. Also, by taking a little alternate route, we get to go through North and South Carolina as well. In fact, I am writing this at a Red Roof Inn in Spartanburg, South Carolina right now. We ran into a little bit of trouble, because the route from Knoxville, TN to Asheville, NC was closed due a rock slide that closed the entire highway October 2009. So we ended up having to take this alternate route through these small little towns. Took forever! But we got to see some cool countryside. We also got to see a mountain on fire. They must have been dong a controlled burn on the mountain, but you could see it burning. Was kind of cool. I also saw a couple of Black Bears in Tennessee, so that was pretty cool. The Red Roof Inn is alright for a quick overnight stop, but it was free thanks to my good friend Kendra who won a free stay during a radio contest. She said, she probably wouldn’t use it and gave it to me. Luckily, the south is riddled with Red Roof Inns. That and Waffle Houses. Seems like every exit ramp has a Waffle House. We ate at one last night in Asheville, NC to see how it was. Not too bad actually. Today we will finish the drive to our hotel near Jacksonville Beach, FL. looking forward to more fun times today. We both got to go through states we have never been to before, and now today we will hit Georgia and Florida. Unfortunately, I did take a picture, just a quick snap of me and my brother driving, but I don’t have time to post it till later maybe. But I am hoping to more than make up for it later.
