The Long Road Home
So it was great weekend. The badn went down to NC to do some recording. In an attempt to get more done we stayed late on Sunday night. We knew about the impending weather and how bad things were getting in VA, but I had to get home for work on Monday anyway. Justin had come down with me to take some pictures of us in studio, so at least I was not going to be driving home by myself.
What should have been a 4 1/2 to 5 hour drive ended up taking 9 hours. The roads were fine and visibility was pretty good, till we got about an hour into the trip. From that point on I don't think we went any faster than 40 MPH. The roads were terrible, and we seemed to be the only ones headed North. We saw plenty of people heading south, and that side of the highway seemed well traveled enough that the cars were not having much trouble. It was hours before we saw anyone traveling north with us.
Once we ran into other people driving we tried to get in line with every snow plow, salt truck, and Semi we could find to make things more tolerable. Basically the roads sucked, visibility sucked and getting home was going to take forever. We hit some traffic in Richmond when we got there, but nothing too bad. Justin counted the cars that had slid off the road into ditches, and counted tipped over Semi trucks, and busses.
In order to take a break and just stop for a few minutes, we pulled off at a rest stop just north of Kings Dominion. Just our luck we stopped at the only Rest Stop without power. The place was dark and the restrooms were closed, but they had port o johns out for people to use. After a quick break and a 5 minute conversation with the guy who had been called in on his day off to work the powerless rest stop we were back on the road. Things were looking good, until we hit Fredericksburg. It was slow travel but now we hit Monday morning rush hour traffic. It was this part of the trip that added the most time. We were basically bumper to bumper either sitting still or going really slow all the way home.
I pulled into the house at 9:48 Monday morning. I was already late for work. Gordon had called me a little earlier to see how my drive was and when I got home. He had just started his trip. Telling him I had not gotten home yet sucked.
I should have stayed overnight in NC but I just had to get home for work. Lucky for me when I called my client to let them know that I was late and would be there as soon as I could they ended up being closed for the day. I called my boss to let him know that my client was closed, and that I would not be reporting to my alternate location.
Thanks to Lani and Caitlin for sending us riddles, and pictures, and road condition updates to help keep us awake and sane. Thanks to Justin for keeping me staying awake and keeping me laughing, and for being the best car DJ ever.
What should have been a 4 1/2 to 5 hour drive ended up taking 9 hours. The roads were fine and visibility was pretty good, till we got about an hour into the trip. From that point on I don't think we went any faster than 40 MPH. The roads were terrible, and we seemed to be the only ones headed North. We saw plenty of people heading south, and that side of the highway seemed well traveled enough that the cars were not having much trouble. It was hours before we saw anyone traveling north with us.
Once we ran into other people driving we tried to get in line with every snow plow, salt truck, and Semi we could find to make things more tolerable. Basically the roads sucked, visibility sucked and getting home was going to take forever. We hit some traffic in Richmond when we got there, but nothing too bad. Justin counted the cars that had slid off the road into ditches, and counted tipped over Semi trucks, and busses.
In order to take a break and just stop for a few minutes, we pulled off at a rest stop just north of Kings Dominion. Just our luck we stopped at the only Rest Stop without power. The place was dark and the restrooms were closed, but they had port o johns out for people to use. After a quick break and a 5 minute conversation with the guy who had been called in on his day off to work the powerless rest stop we were back on the road. Things were looking good, until we hit Fredericksburg. It was slow travel but now we hit Monday morning rush hour traffic. It was this part of the trip that added the most time. We were basically bumper to bumper either sitting still or going really slow all the way home.
I pulled into the house at 9:48 Monday morning. I was already late for work. Gordon had called me a little earlier to see how my drive was and when I got home. He had just started his trip. Telling him I had not gotten home yet sucked.
I should have stayed overnight in NC but I just had to get home for work. Lucky for me when I called my client to let them know that I was late and would be there as soon as I could they ended up being closed for the day. I called my boss to let him know that my client was closed, and that I would not be reporting to my alternate location.
Thanks to Lani and Caitlin for sending us riddles, and pictures, and road condition updates to help keep us awake and sane. Thanks to Justin for keeping me staying awake and keeping me laughing, and for being the best car DJ ever.