Drive Guide: Pack Mule Atlanta GA

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Introduction

She smiled at me with an eager, it's not-so-bad look on her face. "It's only two hundred miles, and it's not like the suitcase is heavy. I know, I know, it's hot, so I'll roll the window down for you. Just put it on your lap... there you go, now here's the pillow, I'll just stick that on top of the suitcase...okay, hand me your seatbelt and I'll strap you in."

At that moment, I became the first person to ever wish to be dropped off at the local bus depot. And I was the lucky one: our friends (prior to getting into the car) were in the back seat, buried under mounds of bags and blankets. The sound of muffled cries told me that they had not yet passed out.

I began to sob when she asked if we could stop off and buy some groceries, and a fishing license.

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