Well, yesterday we traveled 418 miles. We had every intention of going the full 501 miles, but it was not meant to be. We left SC at 10:30 and were making good time, till we got just South of Richmond, VA. It would appear that VDOT was working on repaving part of I-95 N and only one lane of traffic was open. I'm not sure what they were thinking (or smoking) because it was 4:30 on a Saturday in the summer!
Anyway, from what we could tell with Google maps, traffic was backed up for about 3 - 5 miles, so we found the first exit that could accommodate our truck and camper and stopped for dinner, gas, and to see if traffic would clear any. Well, an hour later it hadn't, so out came Google maps again and we ended up finding an alternate route.
Part of the time we were paralleling 95 so we were able to see the traffic that was stuck. We saw 2 tractor trailers that had passed us earlier in our trip stuck in that backup. I'm guessing they had stopped at the same truck stop we did, but then got back on I-95 after their stop (at least I hope for their sake that they weren't stuck there that whole time).
Needless to say, the delay made it so that rather than pull into my parent's driveway at 8PM we were just clearing Richmond at 8PM. Rather than take our chances with murderous deer after dark, we decided to stop for the night. This morning we are 83 miles away from my parent's house (and about 2 hours when driving the camper).
The natives are restless to get to our ultimate destination, so I'm guessing we'll be on the road soon. Maybe we'll be at my parent's in time to greet them when they get home from church... provided of course that VDOT isn't doing any more construction today.
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