Across the Country - Day 7

Clarksville, TN - Sanford, FL
Mileage - 772
Miles Driven - 3,399


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Today was the beginning of the longest leg of the trip. We ate and hit the road a little earlier than usual, thanks to Dave's influence.

Driving through Tennessee was very familiar to me; especially the Chatanooga area. Susan and I visited the aquarium there back in the early 90's while I was working in Alabama. It was fun driving through the twists and turns of the Tennessee mountains.

Then came Georgia - another wide dimension crossing. We bypassed the Atlanta area, but the traffic was still pretty thick. I was quite amazed to find that the interstate passed under the Atlanta airport runways. Somewhere along the way, Andrew was acting up a bit and Susan told him, "You're going to have fun whether you like it or not."

Dave took over driving duties in Florida. He was convinced that his route would cut an hour off of Maggie's arrival time. When we took the exit to head east for Jacksonville, Maggie calculated a new route for us, and sure enough, it was nearly an hour shorter. We pulled into Dave's driveway around 10:00PM and Cathy welcomed us in with a pot of homemade vegetable soup.

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