On Thu, 25 May 2017 15:56:55 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 5/25/17 3:47 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 25 May 2017 12:59:07 -0400, Poco Deplorevole
wrote:

On Thu, 25 May 2017 11:52:42 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 25 May 2017 06:55:10 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

Heh. One of the reasons I got out of RV'ing. Too many things to worry
about. I've grown to really like simplicity.

First blow out I had was on the christening voyage to Florida in a brand
new Pace Arrow Class A motorhome. Inner tire on rear blew.
Spent the night in a truck repair parking lot while the replacement was
ordered and delivered.

Pace Arrow was a piece of crap, BTW.


If you go often and go on short trips like John, the RV thing may be
worthwhile but for the once or twice a year guy, a first class plane
ticket, a rental car and a real nice hotel is a lot cheaper.

We leave on 8 June for the 'Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival' in Bean Blossom, IN. That's about 650
miles, which, I suppose, is pretty short.

We are going to North Carolina next week but that is still farther
than I want to drive. I am not sure how far it is but I am guessing
about 700-750.
It is a non stop flight from RSW to CLT so we are flying. Last time we
were on our way to DC with $600 worth of illegal fireworks so we drove
but we flew home.



My wife drove to Florida and back twice this year and says I-95 in NC is
now the worst on the trip, and "second-worst" is I-95 in SC. The problem
with Virginia is the horrendous traffic between Fairfax County and south
of Richmond. That's why we cut over to Waldorf and take 301 south to a
bit past Ft. AP Hill.

I always time my trip so the Carolinas are in the middle of the night.
I like the sun to come up somewhere around Brunswick Ga.
You can haul ass that way, particularly if you have a CB.
When I was doing that a lot, I knew quite a few of those truckers and
I met some face to face. I rescued a guy on 270 one night and got a
lot of street cred from that.
I agree about that Richmond to Springfield part of 95.
One night I was on an call going from Rockville to just south of
Ashland and got hooked up with my truckers. I made that 90 mile trip
in about an hour.
I do the 301 thing too but I am going to Ridge these days so it is
pretty much the first right turn off the PR bridge.
When I was in Clinton I went that way tho.