Day Seventeen
And we're home.
It was a long drive back, too. My folks told us to go to Williamsburg, saying it was better than Richmond. My GPS took us 40 miles out of the way to go to Williamsburg, then took us back to Richmond as the quickest route home. So, why would Richmond be a bad idea? Traffic, lots of traffic. It was certainly the shortest route, but it also was the slowest at times heading into Washington and a bit beyond to Baltimore.
Sufficient to say, Carly and I were both somewhat peeved about this. A call to my folks had Mom saying that Dad was right...if you take Route 13 like they told us to something like three or four weeks ago before we set off for anywhere amidst all the other directions Dad gave whenever he opened his mouth.
Now, it wasn't all bad. We got a magnificent view of Washington, D.C. There it was, the Washington Monument, Pentagon, Capitol building, and the Jefferson Memorial...and then we hit more traffic. The Beltway doth suck.
Side note: the theme to the first season of The Wire was playing through my head as we went through Baltimore. I really should finish those DVDs.
We got to Carly's house around 7:30 and had some dinner, then back to my place. Some of my mail was delivered, but not all of it. I should have something like three or four more bills, plus all my magazines and two Amazon packages. But, I'm glad to be home, the laundry and grocery shopping is now done, and I can relax a bit before Carly and I need to go to her uncle's birthday party in Brick.
States we passed through: New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Florida, South Carolina, the District of Columbia, and Delaware.
It was a long drive back, too. My folks told us to go to Williamsburg, saying it was better than Richmond. My GPS took us 40 miles out of the way to go to Williamsburg, then took us back to Richmond as the quickest route home. So, why would Richmond be a bad idea? Traffic, lots of traffic. It was certainly the shortest route, but it also was the slowest at times heading into Washington and a bit beyond to Baltimore.
Sufficient to say, Carly and I were both somewhat peeved about this. A call to my folks had Mom saying that Dad was right...if you take Route 13 like they told us to something like three or four weeks ago before we set off for anywhere amidst all the other directions Dad gave whenever he opened his mouth.
Now, it wasn't all bad. We got a magnificent view of Washington, D.C. There it was, the Washington Monument, Pentagon, Capitol building, and the Jefferson Memorial...and then we hit more traffic. The Beltway doth suck.
Side note: the theme to the first season of The Wire was playing through my head as we went through Baltimore. I really should finish those DVDs.
We got to Carly's house around 7:30 and had some dinner, then back to my place. Some of my mail was delivered, but not all of it. I should have something like three or four more bills, plus all my magazines and two Amazon packages. But, I'm glad to be home, the laundry and grocery shopping is now done, and I can relax a bit before Carly and I need to go to her uncle's birthday party in Brick.
States we passed through: New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Florida, South Carolina, the District of Columbia, and Delaware.