Day 22: Travel
Today's guest blogger: Ben
Sorry for the missed guest blog yesterday but us being a couple of road weary people are finding it harder to keep track of what day it is. We left Coral Springs, FL at exactly 5:30 this morning, spent the rest of the day on Interstate 95 and arrived at the Crook residence in Baltimore, MD at 10:10. This was our longest driving day so far and if the rest of the trip goes as planned, will be our longest of the summer.
This may sound like an uneventful day however, the South Carolina highway patrol found a way to make it noteworthy. We were passing through Sumter, South Carolina about 8 hours into our trip today when a police car pulled up behind us. Scott was driving at the time and the cop rode our bumper for about three miles before finally turning on his lights. We pulled into the grass and the officer came up to my window on the passenger side. He asked for license and registration and naturally I could not find my registration paper. At this time he noticed the Red Bull in our cupholders and began acting suspicious of our travels. He asked Scott to step out of the vehicle for some questions while I stayed in the car. He proceeded to grill Scott about his life history at which time Scott told him about our trip. He came to the window and asked me the same questions as Scott to see if our story was legit.
He then went back to Scott and asked him if he had any drugs in the car. Heroine, meth, or marijuana just to name a few. He then came back to my window to tell me he issued Scott a warning for doing 74 in a 70. That's right, 74 in a 70. By this time I had found the registration sheet and gave it to him so I avoided a warning for this. To top it all off, the officer waited behind us to pull onto the highway at which time Scott, still rattled by the whole incident, killed the engine trying to pull out of the grass into traffic.
That is about all that happened today seeing as though we spent 16 and 1/2 hours in the car. We did find gas for under 2.70 all day so that was some good news (I guess).
Here are the statistical updates:
1-end of day odometor: 25,110
2-miles traveled today: 1,101
3-miles traveled total: 8,467
4-states traveled in today: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Washington D.C., Maryland
Sorry for the missed guest blog yesterday but us being a couple of road weary people are finding it harder to keep track of what day it is. We left Coral Springs, FL at exactly 5:30 this morning, spent the rest of the day on Interstate 95 and arrived at the Crook residence in Baltimore, MD at 10:10. This was our longest driving day so far and if the rest of the trip goes as planned, will be our longest of the summer.
This may sound like an uneventful day however, the South Carolina highway patrol found a way to make it noteworthy. We were passing through Sumter, South Carolina about 8 hours into our trip today when a police car pulled up behind us. Scott was driving at the time and the cop rode our bumper for about three miles before finally turning on his lights. We pulled into the grass and the officer came up to my window on the passenger side. He asked for license and registration and naturally I could not find my registration paper. At this time he noticed the Red Bull in our cupholders and began acting suspicious of our travels. He asked Scott to step out of the vehicle for some questions while I stayed in the car. He proceeded to grill Scott about his life history at which time Scott told him about our trip. He came to the window and asked me the same questions as Scott to see if our story was legit.
He then went back to Scott and asked him if he had any drugs in the car. Heroine, meth, or marijuana just to name a few. He then came back to my window to tell me he issued Scott a warning for doing 74 in a 70. That's right, 74 in a 70. By this time I had found the registration sheet and gave it to him so I avoided a warning for this. To top it all off, the officer waited behind us to pull onto the highway at which time Scott, still rattled by the whole incident, killed the engine trying to pull out of the grass into traffic.
That is about all that happened today seeing as though we spent 16 and 1/2 hours in the car. We did find gas for under 2.70 all day so that was some good news (I guess).
Here are the statistical updates:
1-end of day odometor: 25,110
2-miles traveled today: 1,101
3-miles traveled total: 8,467
4-states traveled in today: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Washington D.C., Maryland
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