Drive #46 Report:
Departed the Jersey Shore on Thursday, Aug. 3 at 1:20 a.m.
DE: 2:45 a.m.
MD: 3:02 a.m.
VA: 4:48 a.m. (1-hour nap/rest at VA Welcome Center)
NC: 8:43 a.m. (1 hour nap/rest at rest stop)
SC: 12:28 p.m.
GA: 3:25 p.m.
FL: 5:18 p.m. (stayed over night in Palm Coast, arriving at 7:05 p.m.)
One-day stay at another central FL location before arriving at Lake Buena Vista on Saturday, August 4.
We experienced no heavy traffic and did not go on I-4 when we went to our other location (a house hunting journey). Driving very early in the morning on a weekday helped.
The return home was another story:
Departed WDW on Friday, August 11 at 9:02 a.m.
GA: 12:33 p.m.
SC: 2:22 p.m.
NC: 5:20 p.m.
VA: 8:04 p.m. (stayed over night in Petersburg, but a giant two-lanes-to-one-lane shift because of construction just four miles from our exit delayed our arrival about 20 minutes).
On Saturday, we departed Petersburg (cheapest gas at $2.05!) at 9:27 a.m. and experienced stop-and-go traffic for over 25 miles starting around Frederickburg. Brutal. Some similar slow downs in MD and DE (which increased our drive time to over an hour and a half). We reached NJ at 2:50 p.m. and had no traffic problems the rest of the way.
Our next scheduled WDW drive is in late October, but we might be FL residents by then. Stay tuned!
All the best!
