After
saying goodbye to our good friend in Venice on Tuesday we drove north
for a couple of hours to scout out a place to stay for some Jays spring
training games next year. We stayed the night at a park that we will
definitely contact for 2013.
We were delighted to start our trek north on Wednesday morning in very light traffic. We stayed away from the Interstate for a good part of the day and enjoyed the scenery; lots of peanut farms, cattle and horses. Once on the I95 the traffic was heavy with most of the license plates indicating that the snowbirds are going home.
With the aid of good maps and Lori, my GPS, we made it as far as Yemassee, SC where we spent the night at a very nice campsite, complete with coffee bar and delicious pizza.
Our ambitious plans to get on the road early on Thursday morning to get ahead of some traffic were apparently the same plans that all the other northerners had. A few miles out on the I95 found us in bumper to bumper traffic, crawling along while miles ahead, an accident forced us all into a single lane.
When we reached the scene of the accident, some two hours later there was quite a mess...an overturned big rig, a load of water bottles piled high in the ditch and sadly, the front cab of the rig, squashed. We did see a helicopter take off from the area of the accident, so hopefully someone was airlifted to get medical attention.
We ended our long day of driving in Fancy Gap, Virginia, at a delightful campground nestled among the trees on Fancy Gap mountain. Although tempted to stay up and watch the season finale on the 52" TV in the lodge, we were both exhausted after a nine hour day on the busy interstates. Tomorrow we will drive some of the scenic Blue Ridge Parkway.
We were delighted to start our trek north on Wednesday morning in very light traffic. We stayed away from the Interstate for a good part of the day and enjoyed the scenery; lots of peanut farms, cattle and horses. Once on the I95 the traffic was heavy with most of the license plates indicating that the snowbirds are going home.
With the aid of good maps and Lori, my GPS, we made it as far as Yemassee, SC where we spent the night at a very nice campsite, complete with coffee bar and delicious pizza.
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| Bumper to bumper on I 95 |
Our ambitious plans to get on the road early on Thursday morning to get ahead of some traffic were apparently the same plans that all the other northerners had. A few miles out on the I95 found us in bumper to bumper traffic, crawling along while miles ahead, an accident forced us all into a single lane.
When we reached the scene of the accident, some two hours later there was quite a mess...an overturned big rig, a load of water bottles piled high in the ditch and sadly, the front cab of the rig, squashed. We did see a helicopter take off from the area of the accident, so hopefully someone was airlifted to get medical attention.
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| Tucked in for the night |
We ended our long day of driving in Fancy Gap, Virginia, at a delightful campground nestled among the trees on Fancy Gap mountain. Although tempted to stay up and watch the season finale on the 52" TV in the lodge, we were both exhausted after a nine hour day on the busy interstates. Tomorrow we will drive some of the scenic Blue Ridge Parkway.
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