We set our sights on Ft. Myers where Marcy's relatives live and thanks to another overnight dose of wintry mix, hit the road a little later than we had planned. Our first stop was the store where I slid acros the ice skating rink of a parking lot and put a "closed" sign in the window. When we returned, my neighbor the barber told me that the sign made a lot of people laugh.
When we hit NYC, there was a small backup getting on the GW bridge. Two lanes were merging into one and a car was blocking traffic while it waited to get into the left lane. In a bit of cosmic awesomeness, a NYC cop appeared out of nowhere on foot, walked up to the car blocking traffic, and started chewing out the driver. It was awesome. He made the guy get out of line and continue straight. It was great to watch and I liked NYC a little bit.We got through NY and most of NJ when Tom Tom, our GPS, decided it was time to take us the scenic route. We knew I-95 was the way to go but decided to see what Tom had in store for us. We ended up getting off somewhere in southern NJ and cutting across to I-95 on regular roads with traffic lights. It didn't make much sense, but it was a nice way to break up the drive.
Back on 95, we steamed south through Philly, Maryland, DC, and Richmond, Virginia. Nothing too exciting happened on this part except seeing the Washington Monument and Capitol from a distance. We finally decided to call it a day around Rocky Mount, NC. We were not even halfway there.
For those of you with a smartphone, I highly recommend just winging it on your next roadtrip. Don't worry about where to stay. Use the Priceline mobile app or Hotwire to find a hotel. We did that every time we needed a place to stay and it was useful because we didn't have to worry about being in a certain place at a certain time.
Stay tuned for more Winter Vaction adventures later!
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