On the road, day two

Our original plan was to be in Cartersville, GA on Thursday evening for the "Big Christmas Parade". But since we had such a delay we had called our friends Terry and Debra to tell them we would not have time to stop. We had to be in Greenville, SC. on Friday.
Anyway, I called my friend Debra and said, "hey guess where I am, right here about an hour away from you". She was pretty surprised and directed us to the Cartersville KOA right off  I 75. This is a lovely campground with many nice amenities. It's just too bad that one of them isn't true southern hospitality. The spaces are pretty small, narrow, really tightly packed in. The park was pretty empty, there were fewer than a dozen people camping, but wouldn't you know, the next people to check in were given the spot right next to us. I mean, it's empty, spread out people. I don't think this place is going on our list of 'Places we love'.

Debra had decided to go to work this day, since her company (us) had decided not to come. ha ha, surprise. She works in the law office of Christian Coomer, Representative in the Georgia State House of Representatives, in Cartersville, GA. He has a lovely wife and two nice young sons. We also met his mother, just all really sweet people. So if you're in GA, and a registered voter, I suggest you vote for Rep. Coomer in the up coming election.

Terry came to pick us up for the trip to Cartersville, and the PARADE.  I am a huge fan of parades, love them. I was pretty disturbed when as Terry arrived to pick us up, he had to park at the front of the campground and WALK to where we were parked. I just think it's a rude way to treat your guests.
We enjoyed showing off our camper home to our friend and chatting for a few minutes and then we left to go and meet up with Debra.

We walked around the town a little after seeing Debra and meeting  the Coomers. Now see these are really nice people, they know the meaning of hospitality. A lot of the stores and businesses handed out hot chocolate and even hot dogs, for free. It's a lovely little town, can't wait to go back and explore.

The County Courthouse

We didn't have a lot of time to spend with our dear friends, Debra was busy helping to serve hot chocolate to the entire county and this little community put on a huge parade, it was almost 2 hours long. I think we were all about ready to drop.
We met up for b'fast in the morning and had some time to catch up and visit inside where it was warm, then we headed out for Greenville, SC. It is 174 miles and as Debra said traveling I 85N it can take from 2 1/2 to 7 hours. This depends on traffic. Wish me luck we have to be there by 4:30pm.