Still in Georgia!

We decided to stay another day. We are both on the mend but not feeling up to much.  Trevor took the rental car back this morning; I did the washing. We are also making plans for the next few weeks and particularly Thanksgiving Day on Thursday.

Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in the US on the 4th Thursday in November - this year it is on 22 November which is also the anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy. It has been an official national day since 1863 when, during the Civil War President Lincoln proclaimed a national day of Thanksgiving; a day to give thanks for the food collected at the end of the harvest season.
Traditionally families and friends get together for a special meal.  Some have a 4 day long weekend. It is also one of the busiest periods for travel in the US.
Thanksgiving Day is followed by Black Friday - again traditionally, the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. For many years it has been the busiest shopping day of the year. It was known as Black Friday to describe the heavy and disruptive traffic after Thanksgiving Day. More recently the term has come to refer to the point at which retailers begin to turn a profit or are 'in the black'.

Most major retailers open extremely early on Black Friday - 4 am, then midnight. This year Walmart, Target, KMart, ToysRUs and Macys will open at 8pm on Thanksgiving Day!! I don't think we will be joining the shoppers, although it is also Trevor's birthday and as yet I haven't been near any stores to buy a gift - serious!!

Here are some more photos I took on Sunday. Sorry about the road signs! I think I was trying to be like Dustin Hoffman in Rainman??? Remember all the photos of light poles and traffic signs?

Turtle crossing!

Talmadge Memorial Bridge
 to South Carolina

Despite our unwellness, we did manage an icecream from Leopolds, another must do.