Friday, September 15, 2006

Day Ten - Dickson, TN to SharpTop Cove, GA

We said goodbye to Princess and Katie this morning - probably later than we should have - and headed off through Nashville, and Chattanooga towards Atlanta. SharpTop Cove is in Jasper, GA, less than an hour north of Atlanta. Some of the maintenance guys at SharpTop were having problems similar to things that Dad has dealt with recently, so we were going to stop, admire the scenery, drool over the different design, and let Dad talk shop with the maintenance folks.

Tennessee is mostly rolling hills, though the eastern part gets into the Appalachian mountains, and starts having some more defined characteristics. Dad had a "Eureka!" moment about half way through the day, as he sat contemplating the A/C that had once again misbehaved. We're now thinking that it's a tiny bit short on Freon, and the constant use is causing the coils to get clogged with ice. As soon as we turn it off and allow the ice to melt (45-60 seconds) it works fine again. Thankfully, this means we don't need to perform open-dashboard-surgery on my car.

Here's some scenery shots from the trip:



Here's pictures of SharpTop Cove:















Next stop is Orlando, FL with some friends of Mom & Dad from when I was in grade school.... Monday... It's SOUTHWIND! The end is in sight!

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