Day two of the dash West is done. We have made better distance than we'd expected. We left Savannah just hours after a 18 hour downpour finally let up Sunday morning. Our strategy has been to get to the west side of a major city by 4 PM and then stop for the day. The end of the first day found us at the southern edge of Chattanooga, TN. A lot further than we'd hoped for. Teri tries to document our crossing of state lines but I'm not willing to do it again just because the photo didn't work out. So, some of our crossings don't get recorded. The weather has been cooperating and we only hit one brief traffic snarl.
Today we made it to Whittington Woods, Illinois. We were able to get a few shots of today's route.
Downtown Nashville
The Tennessee River
One of several dredges working the river.
Apparently, the first thing you must do after entering the State of Tennessee is stock up on fireworks.
We just spent 89 miles getting across Kentucky. Then it was into..........
Today we gave up around 3 PM and did laundry since we weren't going to get past St Louis before rush hour.
Tomorrow we hope to get past Kansas City and start north to pick up I 80 in Nebraska. If the weather holds, we'll get west of North Platte before the next storm system hits. Then we'll sit that one out and hopefully make Boise between systems. After 20 years of passing NWS forecasts on to the flying public with a straight face, I know better that to make any serious plans based on them.
We are gradually getting out of the tornado producing sections of the storm systems and moving into the snowy part. Oh joy! At least we picked a good time to not be in Alaska.
Be careful out there.
