The Trip Down

Thursday was the day to make the trip down to Epic in North Carolina. So I packed up the car on Wednesday and put the final items in that night. The car was packed and only Michelle and a backpack could finally fit in.

There was a little wrinkle - the driver's seat in my car wouldn't move from the position I have it back in for the last few years. We tried oil and WD-40 and it still wouldn't budge. So, I would need to drive the whole way - this was supposed to be 14 hours according to Google, Mapquest and Yahoo.

We started out at 7am and went through Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia and finally North Carolina.

All went pretty smooth until we hit the mountains in West Virgina/Virginia. People were flying through these mountains and when we hit them when it was dark. I almost got rear ended by a trucker who was going way too fast. I was easily going 70 mph on the straightaways and doing turns at 50-60 mph. It was pretty much a white knuckle ride the whole way.

Also, in West Virginia the rust that was supposedly holding my muffler together gave way and the ride got incredibly loud. This did not make me a happy camper with the mountain driving and the dark.

We did need to stop and take breaks, but we didn't get to Cary until 2am and the trip taking nearly 18 hours almost had me batty. I was exhausted after the mountains, noise and the amount of time in a packed little car.

The trip ended safely and I got my muffler fixed the next day, but I think it would be a trip I would be reluctant to do in a car again.