Traffic

We reserved a timeshare in Fort Lauderdale, Florida for December 27, thinking
that traffic two days after Christmas would be light.  When we go to Florida, we
like to leave early so we can lunch at O’Steens in St. Augustine, one of our
favorite restaurants to enjoy fried shrimp.

We were on the road on the day after Christmas by 6:15 a.m.  Traffic was light
and we congratulated ourselves for planning ahead.  Then we hit South Carolina
at about 10:00 and came to a halt. I-95 was packed with cars and everyone
was in a rush.  We passed an accident about every 20 miles, some serious,
others were fender benders. We didn’t reach Savanna until after 12:00.  I-95
is three- laned in Georgia. We usually drive at 75 mph in a 70 mph speed
zone, but cars would come behind us and honk their horn, some drivers
giving us the finger.  We changed to 80 mph and still cars zipped by going
at least 90. And some of them didn’t get far. We passed a lot of accidents
in Georgia.

Instead of getting to our restaurant before 2:00 p.m. we arrived at 4:00 and
were then told the wait for a table was 40 minutes.  We waited. The good
news is that the fried shrimp was as good as ever.

We stayed near St. Augustine and then drove to Fort  Lauderdale the next day.
Again, traffic was light until mid-morning and was then bumper-to-bumper
with more accidents.  We were exhausted when we finally got to our condo.

We used to make this trip in one day.  Now, we’re so old we’ll take three
days rather than two.

Seasoned Man

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