We rolled into Vidalia, GA, home of its namesake sweet onion, getting some curious looks and a couple of waves as the RV drove the few blocks of the downtown strip. Like champagne to its region in France, a true Vidalia onion must be grown in one of 20 designated counties in Georgia, and this bulbous plant is honored appropriately in this small town’s signage, store names and even its own Vidalia Onion Museum (alas, closed by the time we arrived).

The next morning we expected to find peaches as we drove through the back roads and small towns of southeast Georgia. Instead we found blueberries. Sunday morning the Cover America Tour went to church in Alma, the blueberry capital of Georgia. Buddy Whatley, pastor at the Alma Methodist Church, wrote to us about his health care experience (video to come, we promise), and even invited us to his Sunday morning service. We donned our best churchwear – a tall order when getting dressed in an RV – and were welcomed by his congregation. Buddy sent us on our way with no less than 6 pints of local blueberries.

But tonight: mahi mahi. And lunch today? Also mahi mahi. We are on the Florida coast and can’t resist. Right now, Blake’s outside grilling some up for a fashionably late dinner. I wouldn’t go so far as to call us gourmet, but I will say this: we will eat well tonight.

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