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ROAD TRIP IV Travelogue DAY1 06.30 EST Depart from Highland Park 07.25 EST Enter Pensylvania, and it's raining (toll 50 cents) 08.20 EST 1st stop, put air in tyres (50 cents) gas ($15.85) 10.00 EST Enter Maryland 10.20 EST Enter West Vaginia 10.30 EST Enter Virginia, rain stopped, muggy 10.32 EST Highway marker 276 11.49 EST Gav opens window, loses flag, dumbass! Highway marker 255 12.20 EST Highway marker 221 (Average speed 65.8 mph) 12.35 EST Stopped at Highway marker (HWM) 200 for gas ($11.00) A/C on, weather overcast but warm/mild 13.25 EST Still in Virginia 14.50 EST Still in Virginia, stopped at rest stop HWM 53 15.00 EST Set off again, Hot and humid 15.37 EST Completed 570 miles in 9 hrs 15.40 EST Starts to rain @ 6 miles from Tennessee 15.50 EST Enter Tennessee 16.30 EST Stopped for gas ($12.70), it's damn hot 18.35 EST Stopped at rest area near Athens, 750 miles in 12 hours (This is what we are capable of!) 18.47 EST Set off again 19.38 EST Entered Georgia 19.42 EST Re-enetered Tennessee and now on CDT i.e. it's 18.42! 18.55 CDT It's hot outside, exit onto 72, 75 miles to Huntsville, Enter Alabama 20.05 CDT Arrived at Nicks in Huntsville, time for Steak...
DAY 2 11.50 CDT It's about 100 degrees, set off from Nicks heading for Memphis 12.00 CDT Stopped fro gas ($15.05) 12.25 CDT Stopped at Office Max (smart shop) now have disks and glue! Ate at Wendy's 14.15 CDT Summer punch gatorade spilt all over inside of car. maps and all dried in 3mins due to Alabama heat 16.50 CDT Arrived at Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee Visit Graceland and had a top night out in Memphis
DAY 3 09.51 CDT Depart Memphis, got gas (damn prepay $11.26) 1175 miles so far 10.10 CDT Enter Arkansas, passed over the Mississippi 12.00 CDT Stopped for lunch at Taco Bell, got gas ($7.25) 12.30 CDT Set off again 14.25 CDT Arrived at the St. Louis Arch, Missouri 17.30 CDT Depart St. Louis 17.42 CDT Enter Illinois 18.10 CDT 1500 miles so far 19.30 CDT Ariived at Casey, set up camp for the night
DAY 4 10.07 CDT set off from Casey, mileage 1610, bought gas previous night 11.30 EST Enter Indiana 12.32 EST Just past Indianapolis airport, mileage 1712 13.10 EST Stopped for Burger King 13.44 EST Set off again 1759 miles 14.22 EST Enter Ohio "the roadworks state" 16.20 EST 1922 miles, stopped for gas ($14.50) 16.30 EST set off again 17.32 EST Completed 2000 miles 17.57 EST Enter West Varginia 18.10 EST Enter Pensylvania 18.16 EST pulled into Welcome Center 2050 miles 18.30 EST Left Welcome Centre, got PA map B**locks! we've got a long way to go! ten folds of the map to get home... 19.00 EST 1 fold down 20.28 EST Service plaza 2177 miles 20.43 EST Two hots dogs later we set off 20.49 EST Stopped for fuel and wood ($13.50) 21.59 EST reach Highway 81 toll $6 23.10 EST 12 hours now of driving, 2334 miles (that's 724 miles in 12 hours) 23.47 EST Enter the Garden State 00.26 EST Got onto River Road, Piscataway 00.37 EST Home Sweet Sweet Home, total of 2425 glorious miles |
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