Well, I made it to Charlotte today. The drive from Richmond took about 4:45 minutes and went about 309 miles. Most of the drive was in nice sunny weather, but hit rain as I came into Charlotte, so didn't really get to see the skyline through the clouds.
The trip down for those interested started yesterday in Shrewsbury Twp, NJ -- I took a bunch of local streets to Route 34 south to Route 195 west. From there I took Route 295 to the Delaware Memorial Bridge. From there it was Route 95 south to Baltimore where I switched onto 295 into Washington, DC where I got onto Route 50 then Route 395 and back onto Route 95 to Richmond. Stayed overnight in Richmond - got up this morning and pumped my own gas for what will be a regular occurance and got back onto Route 95 to Petersburg, VA where I got onto Route 85 into Charlotte. Then took Route 77 south for a few exits and then local roads to my new job. Only took 10 hours and two tanks of gas to go about 625 miles! The drive along 85 in VA was nice -- two lanes tree lined on each side with a wide median between the north and south bound lanes. At one point in NC came across an area with grass and trees charred on both sides of the highway -- glad that wasn't today, I'd have to assume the road was closed for a long time!
The rain stopped before I reached the hotel. At least it washed some of the salt off of my car. It took two trips with a full bell cart to load my luggage and "stuff" into my room. Luckily they have me in a room on the first floor close to the lobby, so I didn't have to go far. I unpacked, found places to put everything. I brought a couple of things to make it feel more at home - the plant that my staff sent to me when I was in the hospital back in December and a ceramic dog that holds rings and stuff that used to be on my Dad's dresser when I was growing up. It was just last month that the dog and the dresser were reunited when my Mom moved the dresser was sent to me! They will hopefully be reunited again soon -- anyone looking to buy a 2 bedroom co-op in Shrewsbury Twp, NJ?? Let me know, I have one for sale!
After I unpacked I took a walk over to the South Park Mall (no, not that South Park) for dinner. As soon as I found out there was a CPK (California Pizza Kitchen) at the mall my mouth was watering and I planned on that being my first dinner when I got down here. Food was as good as it usually is -- but the difference of going to a CPK in Charlotte is that NASCAR was on the television and country music was playing on the sound system. I was actually watching the race!! I've realized that I will need to pay more attention and find out who the local favorites are -- I don't think they pick a favorite by who looks the hottest or has the car with the nicest color! LOL
Spent the evening chatting with old friends and maybe some new ones on line while the Oscars played in the background. It's currently 43 degrees outside and expecting a high tomorrow of 62! I'm not in Jersey anymore! LOL
Well, have to report for my first day on the job at 8:00 in the morning, so I am off to bed at about 11:30 here. Will keep you posted on my first day.
Thanks for reading!
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