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Days 1-5
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Days 6-8
(Palm Bay to Charlotte)
Days 9-11
(Charlotte to OKC)
Day One:
Oklahoma: I-44
Texas: I-44 |
U.S. 287 |
I-35W |
I-820 |
I-30 |
I-20
Day Two:
Texas: I-20
Louisiana:
I-20 |
I-49 |
I-220/LA 3132
Day Three:
Louisiana: I-49 |
I-10
Mississippi: I-10
Alabama: I-10
Florida:
I-10
Day Four:
Florida: I-10 |
I-75 |
I-4
Day Five:
Florida: I-4 |
I-75 |
FL 826 |
FL 836 |
I-95
Day Six:
Florida: I-95
Georgia: I-95
| I-16 |
I-75
Day Seven:
Georgia: I-475 |
I-75 |
I-85
South Carolina:
I-85
North Carolina:
I-85 |
I-485 |
I-277 |
NC 16
Day Eight:
North Carolina:
U.S. 74 |
U.S. 1 |
U.S. 220 |
I-73 |
I-40 |
Bus. I-40 |
U.S. 52 |
I-74 |
I-77
Day Nine:
North Carolina:
I-85
South Carolina:
I-85 |
Business Loop I-85 |
I-585
Georgia: I-85 |
I-285 |
I-75
Tennessee: I-75 |
I-24
Day Ten:
Tennessee: I-24
Kentucky: I-24
Illinois: I-24 |
I-57
Missouri: I-57 |
I-55
Arkansas: I-55
Day Eleven:
Arkansas: I-40
Oklahoma: I-40 |
I-240
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FLORIDA TRIP
Trip Summaries: Days 9-11
(Charlotte to Oklahoma City)
DAY NINE
SUMMARY
Friday, December 19, 2003
This was a day of
firsts. I changed the trip route the night before because of snow in the
mountains of western North Carolina, and I planned on driving Interstate 40
through the mountains. So instead, I went back down Interstate 85 to Interstate
285 in northeast Atlanta, took I-285 west to Interstate 75, went north to I-24
in Chattanooga, then took I-24 to Murfreesboro, Tennessee. I ended up driving
484 miles on this day, which is about the same as it would've been the other
way. I didn't escape all the snow, however, as it snowed most of the way from
Chattanooga to Murfreesboro. It was only blowing flurries, but it marks the
first time that it has snowed on an OKRoads roadtrip!
Day Nine Trip Log:
Departed Charlotte, NC - 8:20 AM; mile 53,739
Flying J (Blacksburg, SC) - Break - 9:17 AM; mile 53,792
McDonald's (Jefferson, GA) - Lunch - 11:49 AM-12:13 PM; mile 53,950
Pilot (Dalton, GA) - Gas - 2:03 PM; mile 54,075
Tennessee Welcome Center - 2:35 PM; mile 54,106
Arrived Motel 6 (Murfreesboro, TN) - 3:24 PM CST; mile 54,223
DAY TEN
SUMMARY
Saturday, December 20, 2003
The skies cleared
and it was a sunny day of driving. Of course, that also meant that most pictures
from the final stretch on Interstate 57 and Interstate 55 south did not turn out
very good. But I got to clinch Interstate 24, and also drove in five different
states on this day, which is a record, and all in just 430 miles.
Day Ten Trip Log:
Departed Motel 6 (Murfreesboro, TN) - 9:03 AM; mile 54,223
Arby's (Murfreesboro, TN) - Breakfast - 9:08-9:23 AM; mile 54,224
Long John Silvers (Paducah, KY) - Lunch - 11:52 AM-12:15 PM; mile 54,392
Exxon (Paducah, KY) - Gas - 12:21 PM; mile 54,395
Illinois Welcome Center - 12:37 PM; mile 54,408
Tourist Information Center (Blytheville, AR) - 3:17 PM; mile 54,588
Arrived Motel 6 (West Memphis, AR) - 4:18 PM; mile 54,653
DAY ELEVEN
SUMMARY
Sunday, December 21, 2003
It was another
sunny to partly cloudy day as the Florida Trip came to an end. I drove 481 miles
from West Memphis, Arkansas, to home. It wasn't too eventful, and traffic was
relatively light for the day.
Day Eleven Trip
Log:
Departed Motel 6 (West Memphis, AR) - 7:58 AM; mile 54,657
McDonald's (West Memphis, AR) - Breakfast - 8:07-8:26 AM; mile 54,662
Citgo (Brinkley, AR) - Gas - 9:31 AM; mile 54,728
Hardee's (Russellville, AR) - Lunch - 11:33 AM-12:04 PM; mile 54,864
Citgo (Sallisaw, OK) - Break - 1:38 PM; mile 54,975
Total (Okemah, OK) - Gas - 2:58 PM; mile 55,064
Arrived Home (Oklahoma City, OK) - 4:09 PM; mile 55,138
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