We drove down on Sunday April 17th, the day after the tornadoes hit NC and it took us about 3 hours to go 15 miles. The reason, everybody rubber-necking to see some torn up billboards laying across a field.
Today, we arrived home in Baltimore at about 11:30 and we left TV about noon yesterday. The difference was the Autotrain. We drove about 45 miles east to Sanford, walked around Seminole Mall for a while and had lunch. Checked in at the station and the train pulled out at 4:00 PM and we arrived in Lorton, VA (about 10 miles south of Alexandria) at 9:30 AM this morning.
Yes, it's more expensive, for two adults and a larger size car it was $750 which included dinner and breakfast, but with the price of gas plus a motel and all the aggravation it was worth it. The only downside, was having to drive around the D.C. beltway and crossing the Woodrow Wilson Bridge.
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