We spent the night in the Chattahoochee Forest. We arrived late at night and a local who worked at a 24 hour gas station told Nando that she thought there was camping there.
So we ventured in the dark into the cool forest night air and found a primitive camp site. Backing in was a little tough as it was pitch black and difficult to communicate verbally over the bus's engine.
Gorda ran out and enjoyed the wilderness and we all crawled into bed, windows open and were lulled to sleep by the forest's night life sounds.
We woke up the next morning refreshed and ready to keep moving North West.
However, our WVO system seemed to be clogged and Nando resolved to have the main tank within the bus opened and cleaned. So I found a radiator shop in Tennessee which we drove to in the night and waited for it to open in the morning.
Nando had suggested getting a hotel room, because it was so hot and he knew he would be working on the bus all the next day. I called the one of two in Savannah Tennessee and asked if they had parking for a bus and the price of a room. They said sure, our parking lot is big enough for a bus and a room is $40 for a double. So we drove to the Motel and when Nando went inside, the very same woman told him $50. So, we shook our heads, I vowed to report them to the Better Business Bureau, but I haven't and I can't even remember the name of the Motel. I even suggested to Nando that they would like him because they were Indians from India and would consider the diversity a silent brotherhood. But no, they laughed at our bus and wanted to over charge us.
So we drove around and found a Super Wal-Mart, the parking light was empty, the lights were bright like little flying saucers in the night, we parked on the side, closed the curtains, made dinner, even took showers. The night was hot, the fans were blowing and we all woke up early the next morning.
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