Gadsden

Our whirlwind jaunt across Alabama wraps up with one night at the Back Forty Beer Company. After what I will conservatively call a night of "overdoing it" at last night's brewery followed by 5 hours driving on one headache and one upset tummy, we are taking it easy tonight and hanging out with poor Mr. Sammiches who may be starting to think that he will be travelling 250 miles every day for the rest of his life.

Interestingly, this was our first overnight in 100% boondock mode. Before now we've always at least had a 120v power cord (or, more commonly, 50 amp). Not having electric has its largest effect on our HVAC because we can't run our air conditioning on battery. Fortunately, we are into cooler climes and only needed the furnace overnight.

One more day of driving on Sunday and then we'll be staying put for a few weeks in Pigeon Forge, TN.Read more