Free Blog 4: The Times I Wish I had a Boat.

And we're back on another episode of Free Blog!
In case your too lazy to scroll down (like me), we left off on our adventure when we were just coming out of Atlanta traffic. It hadn't taken hours as I had thought, but it had pushed back our arrival time distinctly. We had set our destination course at around 2:15ish, and the handy GPS told us that we should arrive at around 6:20. By the time we had left Atlanta, it said 6:50. This wasnt too bad I guess, but still later than I'd liked.
Anyway, we continued on I-75, rather uneventfully, for about 70 miles. When I say uneventfully, i mean minus the rain of course. Thats just a given. The rain pounded down on us the entire time, but we kinda started getting used to it. We talked about various things, and I actually joined in because the road straightened out and the other cars cleared. Driving at this point was easy.
Until we hit Interstate 16 (which i had never heard of). We had to drive on that highway for 116 miles, and even afterward we still wouldnt be there yet. So I went ahead and told the passengers that if they needed to catch up on sleep, now would probably be the best time. At least it wouldve been the best time until we started hearing thunderclaps and flashes of lightning, and the roads started getting so flooded and slippery that i nearly hydroplaned a few times. Everyone was a little nervous after that, understandably.
The sky was getting very, very dark at this point. If I didn’t have a clock in front of me and a watch on, I might’ve thought it was 11:00 at night or later. I could barely see the road, much less the cars in front of me through the maximum speed windshield wipers and blinding rain. The occasional flash of brightness from lightning bolts was actually welcome, granted that they weren’t too close. But, me and the rest of the cars on the highway put on our emergency lights so we could see each other. Plus, we were only going about 35 mph. You can imagine this wasn’t healthy for our destination time.
But, it seems as though we’re out of time! The road trip section of our story is rapidly approaching a conclusion, especially at 2 blogs a week. That is, unless I decide to take more breaks. But, probably not.
Stay tuned!