Hotel off I83 in PA Sunday night... wanted more distance, just couldn't do it... no need to push myself.
Rest area off I95 in VA just south of DC... I took a rest, the car got a rest... About this time I determined I didn't like the operating temperature when running A/C and the load of the trailer on the highway. Especially in the midday heat... so window down and A/C off...
Outside Fayetteville NC, about 10 miles from where I planned to spend the night. I put the camera away before I got to the accident scene... I didn't need to have or record that image or post it on the internet... besides, first responders deserve more respect as do victims... it was pretty gruesome, semi buried in the trees and burned to the frame... I hope the driver made it out, but it was very bad.
A break in SC
Stopped in GA at their welcome center... A/c off and drinking so much water and gatorade I needed the stop... Now this really disappointed me, though the nice lady at the welcome center was excited... I remember this rest area as being the cats *** when I came through here in the 90's when it was built just before the Olympic games... I thought then GA had gone all out and wanted to see how it had aged. My last driving trip to PA was at the end of the 90's and I was still impressed enough to "hold it" just to get to relieve myself here.
They claim the new one will be "bigger and better"...
Palm trees and FL at last... the hood is up just to let her cool down a little faster... I was really glad to get off the road for a little while. My "close call" had happened a little while before in Jacksonville... I had found the NYB seemed to like 55-60 MPH temperature wise... I did push the speedo to 65 or so when she was a little cooler.
As soon as I passed the FL weigh station a flat bed semi with a really big U shaped concrete load that took a lane and a half came out in front of me... Watching him maneuver that thing I decided I didn't want to be too close, so I passed him. That moron was in a huge hurry to get to where ever he was going, no matter how fast I was he would eventually show back up somewhere behind me. Now my little Uhaul is too small for surge brakes and had enough weight in it I knew it was there, especailly when braking heavy... so I was trying to keep a good airgap in front of me and not get caught up in exit traffic. Jacksonville traffic was heavy in early rush 4PMish... I simply couldn't get away from that guy without becoming an idiot myself.
At one point in the middle of construction and a lot of interchanges we were both in the center lane, him behind me and traffic stopped. I had a good lead distance, flashed the brakes and stood on the pedal... that a#$#$ole made a huge amount of tire smoke and my back prepared itself for the wheel chair the next rearend collision is likely to bring. I was in luck, he missed me... but I never saw him again, I bet he hit someone in the right lane with that giant load he had sticking out. In retrospect I would have a few less grays if I had pulled off for fuel, but I knew the traffic wasn't going to get any better in Jacksonville if I waited around... If I knew he was going to be that aggressive, I could have simply held back and never gotten in front of him... I was amazed at how many times he caught back up in all that traffic.
Rest area off I95 in VA just south of DC... I took a rest, the car got a rest... About this time I determined I didn't like the operating temperature when running A/C and the load of the trailer on the highway. Especially in the midday heat... so window down and A/C off...
A break in SC
Stopped in GA at their welcome center... A/c off and drinking so much water and gatorade I needed the stop... Now this really disappointed me, though the nice lady at the welcome center was excited... I remember this rest area as being the cats *** when I came through here in the 90's when it was built just before the Olympic games... I thought then GA had gone all out and wanted to see how it had aged. My last driving trip to PA was at the end of the 90's and I was still impressed enough to "hold it" just to get to relieve myself here.
They claim the new one will be "bigger and better"...
Palm trees and FL at last... the hood is up just to let her cool down a little faster... I was really glad to get off the road for a little while. My "close call" had happened a little while before in Jacksonville... I had found the NYB seemed to like 55-60 MPH temperature wise... I did push the speedo to 65 or so when she was a little cooler.
As soon as I passed the FL weigh station a flat bed semi with a really big U shaped concrete load that took a lane and a half came out in front of me... Watching him maneuver that thing I decided I didn't want to be too close, so I passed him. That moron was in a huge hurry to get to where ever he was going, no matter how fast I was he would eventually show back up somewhere behind me. Now my little Uhaul is too small for surge brakes and had enough weight in it I knew it was there, especailly when braking heavy... so I was trying to keep a good airgap in front of me and not get caught up in exit traffic. Jacksonville traffic was heavy in early rush 4PMish... I simply couldn't get away from that guy without becoming an idiot myself.
At one point in the middle of construction and a lot of interchanges we were both in the center lane, him behind me and traffic stopped. I had a good lead distance, flashed the brakes and stood on the pedal... that a#$#$ole made a huge amount of tire smoke and my back prepared itself for the wheel chair the next rearend collision is likely to bring. I was in luck, he missed me... but I never saw him again, I bet he hit someone in the right lane with that giant load he had sticking out. In retrospect I would have a few less grays if I had pulled off for fuel, but I knew the traffic wasn't going to get any better in Jacksonville if I waited around... If I knew he was going to be that aggressive, I could have simply held back and never gotten in front of him... I was amazed at how many times he caught back up in all that traffic.
