Yesterday afternoon, actually. Here's what we did:
We broke the trip up into three segments, with the third segment designed to be an easy day. It should have been easy but it wasn't, mainly coz o' stuff like this:
That's midway through a ten mile (at least) traffic jam due to construction on I-81... wherein one lane of the super-slab was closed for about a mile... and the resulting traffic back-up was over ten miles long. It took me the better part of an hour to go those ten miles, with a lot o' time spent at a dead stop. We just switched to XM's classical music channel and sighed. We kept on listening to soothing music for the remainder of the drive, too. There was a segment o' about 100 miles on I-64 where traffic was light and we had smooth sailing (read as: 80 mph) through a corridor of incredibly tall and dense trees, so much so that the XM signal faded in and out. That was a nit because the scenery made up for it, in spades.
So we hit the Richmond area and traffic built up, even in the middle of the day on a Thursday, and never did let up. The rest of the drive into Yorktown was well below the speed limit with more than our fair share of idiot drivers poking along at 60 mph in what we euphemistically call "the fast lane." Hah.
But we're here, safe and sound. And enjoying ourselves, too. Like this:
The playroom is a work-in-progress but it has ALL the essentials... pool table, big-screen teevee (which was playin' Da Blooze last evening), and beer fridge. No ashtrays, though, but that's about all that's missing.
We're well.
We broke the trip up into three segments, with the third segment designed to be an easy day. It should have been easy but it wasn't, mainly coz o' stuff like this:
That's midway through a ten mile (at least) traffic jam due to construction on I-81... wherein one lane of the super-slab was closed for about a mile... and the resulting traffic back-up was over ten miles long. It took me the better part of an hour to go those ten miles, with a lot o' time spent at a dead stop. We just switched to XM's classical music channel and sighed. We kept on listening to soothing music for the remainder of the drive, too. There was a segment o' about 100 miles on I-64 where traffic was light and we had smooth sailing (read as: 80 mph) through a corridor of incredibly tall and dense trees, so much so that the XM signal faded in and out. That was a nit because the scenery made up for it, in spades.
So we hit the Richmond area and traffic built up, even in the middle of the day on a Thursday, and never did let up. The rest of the drive into Yorktown was well below the speed limit with more than our fair share of idiot drivers poking along at 60 mph in what we euphemistically call "the fast lane." Hah.
But we're here, safe and sound. And enjoying ourselves, too. Like this:
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| In the play room |
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| More cheesy mePhone pics. |
We're well.
Glad to hear you made it. Looks like you'll be having a grand old time.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy it Buck. You have earned this.
A grand old time, indeed. There's plenty o' Fat Tire in the fridge and the company is excellent!
DeleteHow much fun is it seeing all of that green vegetation?
ReplyDeleteI'm LOVIN' it. The scenery is just SO much different than what I've become accustomed to... it's gonna be hard to go back to flat and brown.
DeleteI'm glad you made it safe and sound. I noticed the wings banner on the wall of the play room. SN1's art style is similar to yours.
ReplyDeleteIn re: art style. Yup, SN1 is as big, if not bigger, a Wings fan as I am. That's a GOOD thing.
DeleteAfter the previous driving experience...you deserve this respite with the family. Safe and sound.
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