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Julian
and Lawrence go their own way again. We have a pow-wow with
Kathryn and Philip and the Interstate gets the vote, at
least to play catch up as we are 150 or so miles behind
schedule. I take the wheel to start with. 45 miles
of slow roads then we hit I 81 just as a huge
convoy af trucks wakes up from their breakfast and takes
to the road. I squeeze in feeling very small. Trucks thunder
past to right and to left of us. Into the valley of death
rode the red HEALEY. The speedo fluctuates so widely that
to estimate speed is a guess based on the slightly less
fluctuating rev counter, engine tone and the speed that
other vehicles are going.
Must have got it wrong as the neon lights of the Police
car draw alongside.
" Ma'am, I clocked you at 72 mph in a 65 mph limit
zone ( or was it 55 mph zone?). I look suitably chastened.
Why doesn't he go and catch some of these trucks belting
past me at about 85mph? The ones that are trying to turn
us into a jam sandwich. I get away with yet another warning.
Stop at Marion and find a charming little place called the
Appletree for breakfast, and to recover our composure. We
have that end of the road feeling, one last full day before
returning to David's.
We have to slow down now as we are a marked car. Time to
enjoy the road. We leave the Interstate to avoid road works.
Decide to test the Blue Ridge Parkway. We have been advised
it would be crowded with R.V.s but it is raining and
misty. We have the road to ourselves. Americans obviously
don't travel in rain. Beautiful road but very slow. We return
to I 81 through Glasgow, 13 miles further on from where
we left it. We have travelled 45 miles
to progress 13!.
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Train passing through Glasgow
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mouth watering horse farms from Charlottesville as we head
for Fredricksburg through Gordonsville. we get as close
to the Potomac Bridge as we can and stop for our last night
beside a small Greek restaurant, The Avanti. No chance to
connect with AOL.
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