Continued driving through Chilhowie, Benton,
Ochee, and Cisco, checking the bicycling lanes and whether there are rumble
strips or not. Bill won’t be able to
cycle on that part of the road unless he wants to give the bike a good
shakedown! LOL! We needed new valve stem covers on the camper so made a stop at
Advance Auto Parts. Tim helped us out and when we shared with him what we’re
doing, he told us about a 48 hour F.L.A.M.E.S. training school going on just a couple of miles
from there
and to mention him to the chief. Thanks Tim! It was nice talking to
you! The verse on our business card was Tim’s very favorite verse…”Be strong
and courageous…for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go” Joshua
1:9 So we drove over to the Chatsworth
Fire Department
and met Chief Baxter who operates the school and saw all the firefighters who were just
finishing up 48 straight hours of training with only 3 hours sleep.
They were
tired, but still cute! LOL! One of the firefighters offered to take our picture
with the chief….he was twisted steel and sex appeal, I’ll tell you! ;) The
Chief said the firefighter was steel, he was twisted and I must be the sex
appeal! LOL!
I liked him right off! LOL! Bill was like “What am I? Chopped
liver?” Sorry ladies, the firefighter was too shy to have his picture taken….So
after sharing our story and enjoying our visit, we continued on checking road
conditions in Fairmont, Griffin,
and Zebulon. Many of the stores in Zebulon had bicycles as part of their
display. The book store had a bicycle out front with paperback books in the spokes.
Will have to check it out more closely this summer. We had a craving for pizza
and Little Caesar’s was having a special so we ate for $8.56! It was yummy.
Also saw my first Piggly Wiggly on this trip! LOL! We stopped at the police
station in Butler and met Chief
Jimmy Towns.
We shared our story and he told us that in the summer, if we had no place to
camp, we could stay at the police department. Sure would feel safe there! We continued driving
looking for a campground following a "camping" sign but couldn't find it in the dark. The next one the GPS mentioned was another 15 miles away, the Albany RV Resort. When we made the turn to find the one in Albany, somehow the main power cord to the camper was cut almost clean through! So the next few miles were driven in the dark with
no camper lights! We followed the GPS right to….RV Sales and Service! Our
hearts sank, no campground? But there down the road were the lights of the
campground, Yay! Another night of falling into bed dog tired. When Bill stopped off at the campground office in the morning, he shared our story with the manager and he asked if we knew that the church that made the movies, Flywheel, Facing the Giants, Fireproof and Courageous was right in Albany. So after buying the supplies to repair the wire and doing a great job by the way,
we headed to the west side of Albany to find Sherwood Baptist Church. Wowee! What a place.
We dropped off our information and are waiting on a call back from Pastor Ken Bevel. Little did we know when we had a problem that night that it would give us the opportunity to visit Sherwood Baptist and share our story. Please continue to pray for us as we continue
to plan for this adventure this summer.
P.S. Forgot to share this funny place with you up in Georgia:
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