really going home

 We did watch the Winter Classic hockey game at the Big House in Ann Arbor this year with our Southern friends who were horrified at the conditions that these crazy people were outside in to watch a game.  The weather channels were hyping the storms that were coming, going through, or starting in the west.  We decided that we had to try to get home in between them and set out with the idea of stopping and doing 

 things on I-75 that we had never done before.  If you have a stretch of highway that you drive all the time and want to make it seem different, look up someone’s blog or article about all the things to do.  Would you believe that there are books written annually on the changes and attractions that are within 5 miles of I-75?  I couldn’t believe it, but it

 is the main corridor for snowbirds from all over.  We left Kevin and Lori’s on Friday morning at 9 and didn’t get out of Georgia (which should have only taken 3 hours tops) until 4:30pm because of the first few stops.  We stopped in Ringgold, GA because it was where Sherman started his march to the sea (and Dolly Parton was married, but shockingly, no sign posts to that point on interest).  We got out to look at the train depot where the great train chase took place and there was a loud sound that sounded like one of the

 cannon sitting around had gone off and I thought “Damn, they take their confederate history seriously around here”, but then I remembered the flashing light from the drive into town that warned of a low clearance 

 on the bridge and we were able to run to the side of the station to see the truck that misjudged their height scrape out from underneath the bridge taking concrete and paint, fiberglass etc with them.  John and I were able to get a couple of pictures and the police were on the 

scene pretty quick to check on the bridge and the driver of the truck who was pulling some of the debris off his truck.  You could tell that it was cold even in Georgia when we left as evidenced by the fountain.  We were able to find the plaque commemorating where Sherman left to burn Atlanta and the cemetery with many confederate soldiers buried.