449 miles via I-75, FL 121 and US 19 with a break at the Ellis Brothers Pecans in southern GA. Cumulative route miles: 1662. Cumulative auto miles: 1745. We made two shopping trips in GA that accounted for over 20 extra miles.
This was an easy trip in terms of navigation: just get on I-75 and head south. But traveling through Atlanta is never easy, even on a Sunday. We stopped for a break at Ellis Brothers, got some ice cream and a half pound of insanely delicious espresso beans and rested for a bit. Marlene embarrassed herself by dropping a container of pecan candy samples, but it was still a fun stop.
We opted to get off I-75 near Gainesville, taking FL 121 over to US 19 and coming into Brooksville from the west.
Our two nights in Acworth were spent with Marlene’s son and daughter-in-law. And their son and 3 dogs, one being a very large Rottweiler that terrified Becky. She spent most of the time in the bedroom, away from the other dogs. We hadn’t seen these folks for a year so it was nice catching up. And Marlene made a new friend – AI Leo who spoke to her more intelligently that I can. I might be worried.
The shopping trips were to Goodwill (of course) and Home Depot where we got a plug to replace the broken one on the Igloo cooler.