Turns out I was just about seven miles from US-33, so got there quickly. Most of 33 is four lane now. We had taken it back in the 70s, back in out always intersate days, and hated the twisting road through all those towns.
Athens, Ohio, sits off on a hill to the side of the road with a river going by it and Ohio University sitting there like a Greek town. Impressive.
Crossed the Ohio River and picked up I-77 at Ripley just a few miles away. Then south through Charleston, West Virginia, and that beautiful gold-domed state capitol. Then, $6 total for three tolls on the W.V. Turnpike.
At MM 3, just north of the Virginia border, there was a rock slide that had closed the two northbound lanes of I-77 and a traffic backup all the way back for about five miles in Virginia. Must have just happened.
Gas at Wytheville, Virginia, usually the cheapest, was $3.47, lowest so far. Ate at the Golden Corral in Mt. Airy, NC (Snappy Lunch closed).
Hit I-40 at 4:30, expecting the worst of that huge traffic jam, but, surprising, just a few slow-downs despite heavy traffic all the way past Raleigh. Made it to Goldsboro, NC.
RoadDog
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