Monday, April 5, 2010

On the road again....crawling back to Salem.


After visiting family in Florida for five days over the Easter holiday, we're back on the road again. Now, this is the final three days of what has become an endless journey crossing the USA from Arizona to Massachusetts and it seems like everyone else decided to head north today as well. Whether it is snowbirders, spring training baseball fans, or spring breakers, the highway is bumper to bumper on I-95. Canadians, New Yorkers, Jersey girls & boys and folks from every state along the east coast are making the pilgrimage north, and sharing the road with so many RV's, campers, and vehicles towing trailers of all shapes and sizes. Even the trucks don't stand a chance today. And, don't even think about stopping at the rest area. No parking spaces, so most vehicles are forced to just drive through.......As seasoned travelers, we are like camels and have packed grains and nuts to keep us alive. Scouting out the good gas prices seems to be the game of the day. Do we get some in Georgia or do we wait til we hit South Carolina? Ada doesn't care where, but there has to be a Dairy Queen there..........
By 5pm most of the road warriors leave the highway and are looking for accommodations. Fortunately, having traveled this route for so many years now, we know how important it is to have room reservations and are thankful we are resting easy tonight...........
Tomorrow is another day, and we will be heading in a northwesterly direction, and away from I-95...... Roanoke, Virginia, here we come.

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