Just moved from Denver area to the Jacksonville area and drove 1760 miles. Takeaways:
1. Astounding how much emptyness/farmland there is across eastern CO, all of Kansas, much of MO, and chunks of TN and GA. Not much of anything to see for miles and miles.
2. Saw many, many billboards across KS and MO for churches and Jesus 'sayings'.
3. Very few political signs but 100% were Trump.
4. No traffic problems until St. Louis (minor), Nashville (awful at 12:30 on a Friday) and Atlanta (pretty easy as we went thru on Saturday morning around 8:15 am). Planned around those cities on purpose.
5. In every larger city there were the few idiots driving 15+ mph faster than the traffic, weaving in and out, tailgating, etc. Idiot, impatient drivers are everywhere, evidently.
6. A lot more state patrol presence on the interstates than I expected.
7. A ton of road construction in every state we drove thru (CO, KS, MO, IL, KY, TN, GA).
8. Drivers on I-95 are in a HURRY. Speed limit of 70 is close to the minimum for most drivers. Set cruise on 75 and stayed way to the right.
9. Hawks are extremely plentiful across the middle states - probably saw > 100+ over the course of 26 hours of driving.
10. Getting way too old to drive 7+ hours, not including stops, for multiple days. Back and butt gave up the ghost just a bit earlier every day.
1. Astounding how much emptyness/farmland there is across eastern CO, all of Kansas, much of MO, and chunks of TN and GA. Not much of anything to see for miles and miles.
2. Saw many, many billboards across KS and MO for churches and Jesus 'sayings'.
3. Very few political signs but 100% were Trump.
4. No traffic problems until St. Louis (minor), Nashville (awful at 12:30 on a Friday) and Atlanta (pretty easy as we went thru on Saturday morning around 8:15 am). Planned around those cities on purpose.
5. In every larger city there were the few idiots driving 15+ mph faster than the traffic, weaving in and out, tailgating, etc. Idiot, impatient drivers are everywhere, evidently.
6. A lot more state patrol presence on the interstates than I expected.
7. A ton of road construction in every state we drove thru (CO, KS, MO, IL, KY, TN, GA).
8. Drivers on I-95 are in a HURRY. Speed limit of 70 is close to the minimum for most drivers. Set cruise on 75 and stayed way to the right.
9. Hawks are extremely plentiful across the middle states - probably saw > 100+ over the course of 26 hours of driving.
10. Getting way too old to drive 7+ hours, not including stops, for multiple days. Back and butt gave up the ghost just a bit earlier every day.