Holiday Road Trip: Day One
Washington, DC: For our final road trip of 2022, we had originally planned on hitting up the Smokies for the holidays. However a last minute change in plans rerouted us to our nation's capital and a holiday trip to Washington DC for a week of exploring the city and its museums and memorials as well as a few day trips to the surrounding areas. We hit the road under the cover of darkness, leaving the house a little past midnight. We had a 14+ hour road trip in front of us and figured might as well get started while everyone is still sleeping. I preplanned our route to ensure there was plenty of places to refuel and get food since we are travelling on Christmas Day. So northbound we went, headed to DC. The decision to leave early was a good one. Traffic was very light on the first stage of the trip, in fact when we reached I-10 in North Florida we only encountered one truck from US-301 to I-95! We headed into Georgia and attempted to stop at Huddle...