Byron, GA to Columbia, SC – 2/19/2017
February 19, 2017 (Sunday)
Grey and overcast. The drive today was a little over 200 miles and should have taken 3 or 3-1/2 hours, but due to traffic it was more like five hours. The roads were mostly back roads and fun to drive.
I did, however, encounter a “situation” in Sparta, Georgia where I got stopped. I wasn’t quite sure what I had done (except a quick u-turn type thing), but when the police officer stopped to “talk” to me, he told me I was speeding. Apparently the speed for in town driving is 25 MPH. I thought it was 35 MPH so I was doing the Edie approved fool-proof police-proof 40 MPH. Glad he was nice and just warned me about the speed through town. Other than that, lovely town.
As we were driving, and nearing Augusta, Georgia, we saw a sign for the “Laurel and Hardy Museum.” Michael and I decided to go for it as we both liked Laurel and Hardy. As we got off the highway and started going that way, we googled it and saw that it was closed (plus it was another 20+ miles away). Bummer.
We got into Columbia, South Carolina and went directly to the Capitol. Lovely Capitol but it was CLOSED! Could not believe it. Also, because tomorrow is President’s Day, it will be closed so even if we wanted to we can’t see inside this Capitol. We peeked in all the windows we could get to and saw as much as we could. We also walked the grounds and enjoyed them immensely.
We left the Capitol and headed for our hotel home for the night, a short distance away. Before we got there we stopped to get something to eat to take to the room. We finally decided on Schlotzkey’s Deli. It was good food but the service was very slow.
On a side note – we have been monitoring and worrying about our place (and the kids) back in California. They are still getting slammed with weather and are on day 4 of no electricity. We have water only because of the tank (thank goodness – 4,999 gallons). Sure hope they get things up and running soon. Sounds horrible and more storms stacking up!
That was our day. Hope yours was great!