10/01: Now We're Really Off
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
When we picked our departure date the long range forecast had indicated that today would be a good day for driving. Should have know better. A winter storm is forecast for today in southern Ontario arriving in the wee hours. Luckily, Burlington appeared to be on the edge according to radar predictions. I woke up at 6am and there was just a dusting, at 8am when I woke up for the second time there was about a cm on the road. After a quick check looking at road reports and road cameras, we loaded the car and got on the road. The storm was missing the Niagara Penninsula, there was only a little rain. By the way there was very little residual snow from previous storms.
Fastest border crossing ever --- hand over the passports, where are you going "Florida", when are you coming back "February 15", hands the passports back, have a nice trip. Guess there's a lot of grey hairs heading to Florida this week.
The rain was heavier driving through New York State and Pennsyvania and a fair bit of snow on the side of the highway. When we got to West Virginia, the rain stopped and no evidence of snow though it was still hovering around 2 degrees C. Virginia was also dry and snow free, but North Carolina was a different story. It was still dry but there was a reasonable amount of snow on the fields beside the highway. Ed reminded me that a winter storm had dumped snow on North Carolina on the weekend.
A rest stop in West Virginia.
We stopped at a very nice Red Roof Inn in Statesville and had a quick bite to eat (it was after 8 pm when we arrived in Statesville) at a Bojangles fast food restaurant. If you ever find yourself at a Bojangles restaurant try the pulled port bean bowl --- pinto beans in a very nice sauce topped with lots of pulled pork and coleslaw ---- um,um good.
Fastest border crossing ever --- hand over the passports, where are you going "Florida", when are you coming back "February 15", hands the passports back, have a nice trip. Guess there's a lot of grey hairs heading to Florida this week.
The rain was heavier driving through New York State and Pennsyvania and a fair bit of snow on the side of the highway. When we got to West Virginia, the rain stopped and no evidence of snow though it was still hovering around 2 degrees C. Virginia was also dry and snow free, but North Carolina was a different story. It was still dry but there was a reasonable amount of snow on the fields beside the highway. Ed reminded me that a winter storm had dumped snow on North Carolina on the weekend.
A rest stop in West Virginia.
We stopped at a very nice Red Roof Inn in Statesville and had a quick bite to eat (it was after 8 pm when we arrived in Statesville) at a Bojangles fast food restaurant. If you ever find yourself at a Bojangles restaurant try the pulled port bean bowl --- pinto beans in a very nice sauce topped with lots of pulled pork and coleslaw ---- um,um good.