Aylmer Express "MoHo" Extravaganza 2006

So today is the day we must leave the happiest place on earth. How does one extricate themselves from Disney? Let’s just say, it should be done gently in order to avoid serious mental trauma. Given that the family had become inveterate shoppers while we were here, picking up a few last minute Disney paraphernalia before pulling out seemed like a prudent first step. As we were packing up to make our exit I managed to capture a unique spectacle on film … well, on memory card. While we were closing up all the compartments on the MoHo we saw a street cleaner go by. Can you believe that? At a campground! I can honestly say that during the entire five months that we have been camping around North America, this is the first street cleaner sighting so far. Unbelievable. Anyway, we finally hit the highway. As we made our way through Orlando, Daytona Beach, and Jacksonville, we started making phone calls to set up accommodation for tonight in Savannah, Georgia. It turns out that the campground that we thought we would prefer only had two spots left but they didn’t provide WiFi at the MoHo, so we told them we’d check some other options and call back if necessary. Then we decide to go to the visitor center when we get to the Georgia border to see what all our options are since our books only showed a few campgrounds in the Savannah area. Due to a MoHo lunch stop and grocery shopping expedition (during which John “located” us in Daytona Beach with his Sprint Locator Service) we don’t make it to the Georgia border until late in the day. At the visitor’s center we found out that the place we called the this morning that did not have WiFi at the campsites is likely our best bet. So we called them back only to find that they were completely full tonight! Isn’t that just great. But they did have openings tomorrow and the next day so we booked those days and started contemplating our options for tonight. That meant that for tonight we would have to consider some subaltern options for accommodation. After some debate we finally decided to continue driving towards Savannah and simply stay at a Walmart for tonight. Our trusty GPS told us that Brunswick, GA had a Walmart, so that became our new destination. The GPS guided us right in to a nice new SuperCenter Walmart which already had a few like-minded MoHo-ers set up for the night. One of them was even from Toronto. We pulled in, grabbed a spot and made camp for the night.

Today’s words:

inveterate \in-VET-uhr-it\, adjective:
1. Firmly established by long persistence; deep-rooted; of long standing.
2. Fixed in habit by long persistence; confirmed; habitual.

subaltern \suhb-OL-tuhrn; SUHB-uhl-tuhrn\, adjective:
1. Ranked or ranged below; subordinate; inferior.
2. (Logic) Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition.
3. A person holding a subordinate position.