I hate traveling I-95 especially through Georgia. It seems all they have is construction and concrete barriers.
Any suggestions for the trip to Arcadia ? Route 17 ? I would much rather travel a more scenic and slower route than the
70-80 mph traffic with concrete barriers a foot away and a 50 mph cross wind. ;D ;D.
Coming out of Myrtle Beach so I am on 17 through a lot of SC, just never been on it in Georgia.Any one familiar with the roads in that state and Florida,
I could surely use some advice. My GPS last year in the middle of the night tried to get me to turn on some dirt road in the middle of an orange grove.
This time I would rather be mis-directed by a busnut so at least I got someone to punch if he is going to Arcadia too!!! :P :P
Thanks, Ed
Ed, when you get to exit 67 in GA, take that exit which is US-17, turn left and run that down through Brunswick...then it will go across the big bridge and it comes out at exit 29. The Pilot there will be a good place to top the fuel tank off to avoid the high priced Florida fuel.
If you stop at the truck stop at Exit 7 in GA, get a Krispey-Kreme Cheeseburger. Tell them a Foothills driver told you to get it!
If you go through Charleston, and I think you will...when you pass Garden Corners, (Where US-21) goes south) about a half mile or so past that...take a right on Old Sheldon Church Rd. In just over a mile...you are going slow aren't you?...on the right will be the ruins of The Old Sheldon Church. Built prior to the Revolutionary War, burnt by the British, rebuit, then burnt by Shermans troops, (May he rest in HELL!) on his March to the Sea during the Civil War. This time it was left as is. You will thank me for this at Arcadia! (You can continue straight on Old Sheldon Church Rd to Yammasee and get back to I-95. (No good place to turn around, there is little parking at the Church ruins except on the edge of the road, unless there are a lot of cars there you can get a bus with toad parked.)
The 50MPH and 45MPH zones south of Charleston...they are serious about those! I saw over 75 Revenue Enhancement agents there one day!
Some folks run I-4 to US-27 down to Arcadia.
I am taking the first exit past the first set of scales in FL and running route 200 to Callahan and picking up 301 South. WATCH THREE TOWNS THAT ARE SPEED TRAPS...THEY ARE Balwin, LAWTY AND WALDO!
When you get to FL 326 north of Ocala, turn right and run 2 or 3 miles to I-75.
Run it down to exit 217, which is route 70 east to Arcadia.
At exit 321 there is a Spirit Truck Stop...GREAT food! I like the Pecan pancakes!
I drive a truck, we have dozens of trucks a week going that way as opposed to I-4.
Jack
can I buy a jack instead of a garmin?
Thanks , Jack I am going to copy your directions,and tape them to the screen of my GPS.
I knew a trucker would know the right routes and the good food ::) and fuel stops!
See ya there!
ED
Quote from: Ed Brenner on December 19, 2009, 09:17:25 PM
I knew a trucker would know the right routes and the good food and fuel stops!
Hmmmmmm. . .Have often kicked around the crazy idea of a truck stop diner on a busy interstate, adorned with the colloquial name "The Greasy Spoon."
The kicker, however, would be that it had absolutely fantastic food that's fairly-priced, the exact opposite of what it's moniker implies.
;)
You guys all have a good time in Arcadia. . . I'm really bummed I cannot make it this year. . . :'(
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Ed,
The route Jack H described is the same route we use. We enjoy this route much more than the interstate. Jack
Quote from: Now Just Dallas on December 20, 2009, 02:53:34 AM
It would only work if you had a big neon sign that flashed alternately, "Eat Here - - - Get Gas" "Eat Here - - - Get Gas" :o ::)
There used to be a truck stop in San Antonio named Gas & Eat. ;D
They had some very good chili if you could stand the heat & the after effects ..... if you know what I mean! :( :(
TOM
Boy does Jack have that route nailed! Also on 17 N of Brunswick on the left side i think is the worlds smallest church! and if you are really lucky the draw bridge into Brunswick will be open and you can get out and stretch your legs and watch a ship pass under. Really take Jack's advice on 301 to heart, those 3 towns main revenue is traffic stops. We usually hit 75 off 326 to miss Ocala traffic. Back to snow moving. :(
Ed if the boss will let me go this year
I just leave the house and turn right. no worrys for a long time.
I will go down 321 to 301 then to a small city either colman or sumpterville and hit florida 471 then hy 98 to lakeland and hy 17 on to jacks.
Have to be careful going down hy 471 that is ncbob and florida cliff private hy.
Beautiful drive no interstate and easy driving. several places to stop.
a lot of small towns with banks or churches. never been run off yet.
uncle ned
Ned ,
Thanks for your route (especially the private hwy) don't want to be hi-jacked ;D ;D.
Tell Wilma I will follow you guys when u leave, I ain't in no hurry this year neither me or the wife is working.
Better yet you follow me I might need Huggy to push me uphill.
All Joking aside how are you doing and will the doctors let you make the trip ?
Thanks Ed
ED Still not supposed to drive yet. Some of the pills i am on are no legal.
Of course that doesn't stop me from driving local.
Wish I was going, Will be my first miss in a few years. Will be there next year if i am still here.
uncle ned
Ps hope someone will look after ncbob for me. make sure he takes care of my girl frien "jackie".
If all the people taking 'no legal' pills stayed off the road, there'd be a lot less cars & trucks on the road. :o
You shouldda taught the boss how to drive!
Who's gonna fog my campsite for me? ;)
Kyle don't worry I will be there in the spring to kill all the bugs so the Air Stream people can have a nice summer.
ned
;D ;D ;D
Just one guy's opinion, but I feel a lot less stressed driving on the interstate than one most two lane highways. The interstate has nice wide shoulders most of the time and I don't have to worry about oncoming traffic. I also don't get morons passing at dangerous places to do so because I'm not driving as fast as they want me to.
The 75 mile stretch of two lane highway in Nevada is hell to drive. It is narrow with a 1 foot shoulder. The roadbed is mostly raised and they put posts at the edge of the pavement about every 50 feet or so.
Quote from: uncle ned on December 20, 2009, 05:06:00 PM
Have to be careful going down hy 471 that is ncbob and florida cliff private hy.
uncle ned
Ned,
Don't give away all our secrets! ;D
Cliff
DeMoeDave said those three towns on 301 got most of their revenue from tickets! That is exactly right.
In fact AAA use to not route you that for that very reason.
In Baldwin, Lawtey and Waldo, if you are not qualified to clean bathrooms at McDonalds...you can be a cop!
Jack
I'm kinda inclined to agree with belfert, unless i know the area I'm heading too I usually stay on the interstate, less stress on me that way, I get lost in a phone booth, (ok, when is the last time anyone has seen a phone booth), small towns seem to corn fuse me to no small extent, we spent a couple of hours in a small town in illinois that was on 51 and had construction detours all around a bridge, it was late at night and we ended up visiting several other close by towns in our efforts to get back on 51 north. Another place I really don't care to drive is thru toronto or hamilton ontario, toronto seems to have about 12 or 15 lanes coming and going from 3 major highways that run side by side with everyone doing about 80 and it's bumper to bumper, now that will wear on a person in a bus. lol
This might help you watch for speed traps. http://www.speedtrap.org/ (http://www.speedtrap.org/)
The stretch of highway between hamilton and toronto is up to 10 lanes wide, maybe more, and has essentially been abandoned as far as speed limit enforcement by the police, because it's too dangerous to chase and pull over offenders...
Highway 401 through toronto used to be in the record book as the most congested highway in the world. some places are 26 lanes wide, and traffic is heavy at 3 am...
they built a toll highway bypass, at great public expense, and sold it at a loss to a private consortium out of spain, who now raises the tolls at will - it costs around $30 to travel one way around toronto. Last time I took it, with the bus actually, I had a scooter on the bumper and they couldn't see my plate, so my trip was free... ;D
Brian
Yep that stretch is a real challenge at times, we hit it once just before 5PM, it was plugged tight and bumper to bumper and about 80, wow, my first thoughts were, what do they do with a fire? Next time thru we found out, a firetruck was clipping down the shoulder alongside the cement wall, traffic was still doing there best to all get killed lol, if I remember right it was 3 highways running side by side. lol LA has nothing on a canadian that heading to timmys lol. Canada has some of the most challenging highways we've been on, the road from Sarnia to london has no shoulders at all and seems to be continual construction lol.
Well Cody, just last week we saw 2 phone booths side by side at a rv storage yard in the desert, up by Laguna Dam, near Yuma. We thought "wow what are these doing here", and realized that there are a lot of people dry camping out here. Saw 2 Canadian buses out there and one other bus in the storage yard. Thing is,......no phones in the booths. :)