The sun came out on Sunday morning, my first day off on the tour. Downtown Thomasville was quiet, except for the Savannah Moon cafe where I had breakfast. Then I headed to the Florida coast.
I had made arrangements to drive to Apalachicola, an old fishing village on the Gulf Coast for two days and nights at the Gibson Inn where I am ensconced right now as I write. I love the names of the towns down here in this northwestern part of Florida - Panacea, Sopchoppy, Apalachicola.
Apalachicola is a lovely old fishing
town, with an intriguing combination of funky shacks, old southern plantation
style houses, great restaurants, and a very active fishing and oystering
industry.
Today
I'm going to head out to St. George Island where I may get blown off the narrow
strip of sand by the high winds I can see outside - palm tree waving wildly
just outside my window.
Tomorrow, the wild and crazy schedule begins
again - flying to Memphis in the morning for screening in Tupelo that night,
then to Greenville for screening in Clemson, South Carolina; finally landing in
Montgomery for my screening there on Thursday night. From there I'll be
driving all over Alabama, Georgia and North Carolina for three more screenings,
until I fly to Savannah and then the final screening in Alexandria LA. So
I am going to thoroughly enjoy this day of total r+r!
-Anne Makepeace
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