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Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] Speaking of the palmetto state...
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 09:01:52 -0500
You were lucky as Christmas to New Year's day can be stop and go for 
long distances.  Also be wary of the end/beginning of the month as RV 
traffic jumps considerably as monthly leases run out and the RVs are on 
to their next monthly rental lot.

Chuck Norcutt


On 1/15/2014 8:31 PM, Martin Walters wrote:
> The comment about I-95 in Georgia is that it is, as I remember, 6 lanes
> all the way; whereas in SC it is only four. We had bad stop-and-go
> traffic close to the Georgia border, yet it cleared out once we got to
> the border and was just fine into Savannah (the 6 lanes for you). I must
> have been lucky as I-95 was a dream, aided by (IIRC) a 70mph posted
> limit. Of course, I've only driven this once.....
>
> Incidentally, we left from the Great White North on Dec 27 (Saturday);
> did Richmond to Savannah on Dec 28th (Sunday) and Savannah to Naples on
> Dec 29th. We hit one accident on I-95 in SC and someway out of Savannah
> and took a two lane to bypass it.
>
> We went from i-95 to i-75 across country, starting just west of
> Jacksonville, which included a diversion to see the Villages.
>
> Thanks for the comments on I-81. I'd been on that road to Lessburg once
> in the mid-late 80s. There was much less traffic back then.
>
> Martin
>
>
>
> On 15/01/2014 7:27 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> We start on I-81 since we're only about 8 miles away from it at home.
>> But we get off at Roanoke, Virginia to go see our daughter in High
>> Point, North Carolina, then drop down to I-95 in one of two different
>> ways.  I-81 is better than I-95 but is also an old road which is only 4
>> lanes most of its distance.  Truck traffic can be very heavy at times.
>>
>> You say I-95 in Georgia is better than the Carolinas.  You've obviously
>> never driven it between Christmas and New Years on a weekend.  Between
>> I-26 which goes to Charleston (and including part of I-26) and the
>> Florida border (which takes in all of I-95 in Georgia) you may think you
>> have just driven onto a parking lot.  At certain parts of the year I
>> would stay on US 301 for as long as it generally goes in the direction
>> you're heading.  :-)
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 1/15/2014 1:17 PM, Walters, Martin wrote:
>>> Yes, I-95 is bad in the Carolinas, but much better in Georgia. We had
>>> been warned. We may take I-75 leading to 1-81 on the way back, again
>>> just to get an idea of options.  This year was an experiment, but
>>> with time constraints (mine as I'm limited by holidays).
>>>
>>> Once I retire, we do have plans to visit the Carolinas and other
>>> places en route. I didn't want to imply Savannah was all there was to
>>> see. However, for the time being, there's no time for more that
>>> journey breaks at convenient distances.
>>>
>>> Martin
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