Happy birthday to my brother Malcolm.
While we were driving past Andrews Air Force Base we saw one of the Presidential planes taking off. Kathie tweeted the news and every few miles after that a black SUV with blacked out windows would drive by us (coincidence, I don't think so).
When we were driving through Washington there was a sign for a rest stop and tourist information area. We took the exit and there were no signs as to where to go next. We drove down the road and saw nothing, we turned around and got back on the interstate.
While we were driving in Washington there were 10 - 12 lanes all headed south - where where all those people going?
We spent more time in Richmond Virginia than we had planned. We took Interstate 295 which is supposed to go around Richmond to avoid the traffic. I95 goes straight through Richmond. Part way around there was a sign that said I295 Closed at Exit 28 use Highway 64. If we had known that earlier we would have taken I95. When we got to exit 28 the highway was completely closed and there were 5 lanes being collapsed into the exit lane with absolutely no traffic control. Then Virginia DOT did not have any signs about where the detour went (they must be taking lessons from Quebec DOT). A couple of wrong turns, a u-turn and a traffic jam on Highway 64 and we were on our way thanks to Kathie, Lizzy (our GPS) and the iPads.
Everything is flat around here, I think the highest points we have been since we left Texas are the bridges. I have never seen so much water. There are swamps and rivers all over the place. We have spent nearly as much time on bridges as we did on ferries on our first loop. We have also been helping the US with their deficit - we have been paying tolls all on a number of different highways since we left Texas.
We are headed south for the warmer weather. Today was warm but tonight is supposed to be cold (0C) so we will move further south tomorrow.
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