The old school way across the Potomac
A couple of years ago, my pal Pat and I took a road trip to MD to pick up some furniture.
We have a history of road trips… mostly Jeeping adventures… and they are generally pretty interesting. In fact, a lot of our stories start with “we were on the road, and”… A couple of trips to Moab, UT, a couple of runs up to VA and a couple days of camping and trail scouting for the GBR4wd Club near the TN/KY state line come to mind.
Meanwhile, Gail, my wife, and I have had a lot more trips… numerous runs up to MI and OH, New Orleans, UT and enough trips to Disney World in FL that we have a SunPass so that we don’t have to slow down for the tolls… and WAY more.
I am only missing a couple of states to have the complete set. When I was a kid, we always had a summer road trip. And I never got out of the habit.
’tis the season. The kids are out of school, so it is road trip season.
So much cooler than a boring ol' bridge.
One of the things that I clearly remember from my childhood is that we got out of the car. So often, we are in such a hurry to get where we are going that we forget to be where we are. There are some really cool places just off the Interstate. There are scores more that are on the road less traveled.
On this trip, we had 3 days to drive from Atlanta to the DC area, load a trailer with furniture and drive back to Atlanta.
For day 1, we drove to my mom’s in southeastern VA. On day 2, we drove up to DC, picked up the trailer and loaded it. Day 3 was the blast back to the ATL.
Even though we knew that we were going to be spending a long day in the truck, Pat knew where this ferry was and we worked it into the trip.
We left his mom’s close to sunrise, so the morning fog was still burning off the river when we got to White’s Ferry.
Depending on how traffic might have been on our other route, this might have added 30 minutes to the trip… Or maybe it was shorter. We’ll never know. More importantly, we’ll never care. The adventure was worth it.
Get out there…
I hope you the chance to go on a road trip this summer. And when you do, build a little time into the schedule to visit some spots along the way. You can research them beforehand, or just give in to one of those crazy billboards along the highway. While you are at it, drop into a “Mom & Pop” store or restaurant along the way, too. They’ll appreciate it, and you might discover someplace really cool.
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