Current location: Brunswick, GA, N 31 08.403', W 081 35.039', elev. 40 ft.

On Wednesday, I drove all day to get out of Florida. I was sick of the rain everyday, the mosquitoes, and the humidity of the swamp, so I drove and drove all day. I left Naples and traveled North on I-75, until I got to Lake City, where I took I-10 East to Jacksonville, then I-95 North until I got to Georgia. Once in Georgia, I tried to find a place to camp for the night, I visited 3 different camp grounds from my Woodall's campground guide. One of the locations had no remaining camping sites. The other two accepted only RVs, no tents. So I kept driving north on I-95, looking for more camp grounds, until it got too late to pitch a tent, so I found a real nice motel in Brunswick, GA.

On the way through Florida, I really started to notice the billboards for some reason. For some reason, the billboards were more noticeable. I saw several graphic, vehement anti-abortion billboards. I saw a pro gun billboard that proclaimed the United Nations want to take away your gun!. I saw several billboards for an adult video-book store / club 60 miles down the road, offering free showers for truckers. And finally, I saw a lot of horse farms, and a billboard for a motel that proclaimed horses stay free! Speaking of horses, during one of the many thunderstorms during the drive, I saw a truck with a horse trailer in an accident on the side of the road. The horses seemed to be ok, but the trailer looked a little worse for wear.

The scariest part of the day happened early, I was driving in the left lane, passing a motorhome, and I was about on his seven o'clock. All of a sudden, I saw a lot of smoke coming from the back tires of the vehicle. Then, chunks of rubber started to burn off, flying in all directions, pelting my car and the road. It looked like a piece of junk or a meteorite burning up in the atmosphere, debris flying all over. Then a huge chunk of tire spun around and off the vehicle, and that was that. Luckily, the axle had 4 tires, so he was able to pull over.

On thursday, I took the day off from driving, because the motel I was in was really clean and had some nice amenities, and I wanted to work on the website. Today I am off, to Savannah, and then on to Atlanta.