July Photo Challenge Day 27: On the road

Route 81 south, somewhere in Virginia

We just took an epic road trip. Back on July 9 we packed up a rental (small SUV) with more clothes and shoes than we needed, the dog and ourselves and hit the road. Destination: Boston, MA.

On the way we made strategic stops in Raleigh and Washington, DC to visit with friends and get some rest for the trip. We decided to take 95 up most of the way and at one point somewhere between the George Washington Bridge and New Haven, CT, we realized that this would not necessarily be the way we traveled back! (Tolls, traffic and trucks, oh my!)

After a week of visiting with family, meeting our brand new niece (her cute self has been featured on Day 15: Finger and on Day 20: Eyes), seeing old friends and colleagues and interviewing at an amazing ad agency, we hit the road to head back home to Georgia on Friday the 20th This time we did it in two days. Boston to DC and then DC to Alpharetta!

After doing some research (thank you Google Maps!) we decided to avoid 95 on our trek from DC to Georgia and take 81 south along the Shenandoah Valley. It looked like it would be a beautiful drive and might be fewer miles.

It was. No traffic, no tolls ...can't say there were no trucks but it was a wonderfully hilly and scenic drive through a beautiful section of our country. We'd drive this one again for sure! Maybe not to Boston but definitely to DC (we'll fly next time we visit Boston).

This shot was taken at a random point along the way - I thought the curve of the road disappearing into the hills was kind of pretty.

Not sure when our next road trip will be but for now, there's no place like home.

How about you? Have you taken a memorable road trip? Have you seen a part of the country that you otherwise would never have had you flown or taken a more popular route?