Saturday, December 20, 2008

Safe and Sound in Illinois.

A recap of Christmas Travel Day 1: We left home at 8:54 am Est and arrived at our hotel at 7:10 pm Central. For a total of 760+ miles and over 11 hours in the car. BUT amazingly we made it with only ONE stop at noon for lunch and rest. We were back on the road at 1:06. We did pull over for coffee and gas at 3:30, but we took turns and left the car running and continued on. We made it through South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and too Illinois. Wheew! We did hit some rain in Tennessee that slowed us down to less than 50 mph, but other than that no delays.

Hotel: swimming, room service, beer, baths and beds. Tomorrow 7+ more hours of driving, hopefully with a short stop or two. No rush getting on the road, but lots of caffeine.

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