Dublin, Virginia, to Waldo, Florida - December 27, 2010
Second leg of the trip, mainly I-77, I-26, and I-95. But with some
small diversions.
Snowy start to the day at the Sleep Inn in Dublin.
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Onto I-81 at Radford.
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After a wrong turn to start the day, we passed last night's exit again.
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We'll switch to I-77 here.
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Scenic I-77 in southern Virginia.
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Very steep runaway truck ramps here.
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A great view off to the side but a very dirty window keeping the picture from coming out.
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Into North Carolina.
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North Carolina signs I-74 along here also.
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Then I-74 splits off to the east.
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Search for lunch and washer fluid in Statesville.
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Coming up on Statesville.
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Briefly on I-40 to get back to I-77.
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Still some snow blowing around in this area.
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Someone left this stuffed groundhog at a rest area.
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Coming up on some of Lake Norman.
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We'll take I-485 around the west side of Charlotte.
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It's signed as "Outer" instead of directionally.
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And back to I-77.
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Then quickly into South Carolina.
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Still some snow on the ground in South Carolina.
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Unfortunately, we missed the Toyota turning 100,000 miles while it was
displaying a trip mileage instead. It happened somewhere in North Carolina.
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On our way to lunch at Zaxby's near Columbia.
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We'll cut down 277 to I-20.
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A short ride on I-20 to swing north and west of Columbia.
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And then to I-26.
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I-126 is spelled out for some reason on the signs here.
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Passing by the southern terminus of I-77.
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Bad traffic on I-26 coming up on I-95 led us to take some other
routes. South Carolina 210 first.
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Then US 176.
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After a short stay on I-95, we are off again, now on US 178.
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And then US 15 for a while.
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St. George, SC.
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Still some snow in shady spots even down this far south.
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Canadys.
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And alomst to Walterboro.
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US 15 ends and we'll take Alt US 17.
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Alt US 17 ends at US 17.
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