Oh, I was. Shani dropped me off about 8:15 and headed up to the airport to return the car. NJ and NY were fine - your route was both lovely and non-traffic-y, but CT sucked a bit through Danbury and Hartford.
I-84 in CT is one of my least favorite roads. It's still ranked above I-95 in CT at rush hour, but only barely (and only during peak traffic on I-95).
It was nice to see y'all too. The next time you find yourself fleeing a hurricane, we hope your travel plans will take you through Philadelphia again. Philly's more fun when you sleep over™ (http://www.gophila.com/accommodations/index-cantdoitinaday.htm).
Of course, I was younger, and in a very odd mental state when I finished... nearly fell asleep while zipping through a very foggy, mountainous I-80 in eastern PA...
I've done 750 in 13 before, although one time, the route was backed up and it took 17...driving by myself, no relief.
Of course, there's also the road trip my dad took, where he could see clouds in the Gulf of Mexico in his rear-view mirror. The clouds were from Hurricane Camille.
But back to the matter at hand. Glad to hear you two made it home safely!
I would drive up to Boston for week stays, so 750 in 13 hours up, stay a few days, drive back down. A lot of times on the drive down, I did have to take a nap in the middle...most famously at the VA welcome center about 9 in the morning.
Belated welcome home! Gad, those were the days, when I could do marathon drives (as from NC to MA), and then turn around and go straight to work!! Alas, no more...
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Date: 2004-09-04 03:58 am (UTC)Oy.
Date: 2004-09-04 04:06 am (UTC)Re: Oy.
Date: 2004-09-04 04:11 am (UTC)It was lovely to see you today!
Re: Oy.
Date: 2004-09-04 04:30 am (UTC)I-84 in CT is one of my least favorite roads. It's still ranked above I-95 in CT at rush hour, but only barely (and only during peak traffic on I-95).
It was nice to see y'all too. The next time you find yourself fleeing a hurricane, we hope your travel plans will take you through Philadelphia again. Philly's more fun when you sleep over™ (http://www.gophila.com/accommodations/index-cantdoitinaday.htm).
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Date: 2004-09-04 04:09 am (UTC)Of course, I was younger, and in a very odd mental state when I finished... nearly fell asleep while zipping through a very foggy, mountainous I-80 in eastern PA...
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Date: 2004-09-04 04:15 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-09-04 04:18 am (UTC)Of course, there's also the road trip my dad took, where he could see clouds in the Gulf of Mexico in his rear-view mirror. The clouds were from Hurricane Camille.
But back to the matter at hand. Glad to hear you two made it home safely!
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