Day 4 Thursday

I am back on a Win XP again.

March 1 Thursday
Welcome to thunder storms this morning, but it is 50 degs. The rain and forecast for more was enough to say lets do Atlanta some other time. Being 25 miles outside of town and the TV stations saying the traffic was backed up awful through Atlanta we took off at 9 am. Five lanes of parking lot traffic into the round the town loop, rain hitting us in spurts like machine gun bullets. Of course never had that it us but just imagine. I was pleasantly surprised that when the hard rain fell the traffic slowed down. Getting around Atlanta in a heavy rainstorm should not be left to retirees!! Saw a J&R Schugel truck 20 miles south of the city.
Made a mistake at lunch, stopped at a Shoney’s buffet exit 101 in GA and was their fried chicken and roast pork delicious- ate too much. Shirleen is in command as I sit in the front seat writing this. I thought it was right that she got to drive in the rain showers also.
We meandered down to Mary Ann and Steve, our neighbors that had lived on Candi Lane when we did. We arrived at there house, 86deg, about 5 pm. Had a couple beers to wash down the dry road conditions we drove in. Out for supper, went to “The Villages” for an Italian meal sitting outside, the girls had lasagna and Steve and I had mahi mahi and spaghetti, Steve had a mild white sauce and mine had mussels and a red sauce. Across the street was a songfest. These it turns out are held daily til 9 pm. The group had two people in it, she sang he sang and played guitar and sang all types of music and people are dancing in the square. It was quite a sight, someone sits out chairs and there are tents with beverages. Neat concept.
jerr