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Arrived in NC

Though it was a long day behind the wheel, the trip down to Denver, NC (yes, there is a town called Denver in North Carolina...it's 25 minutes north of Charlotte) went very smoothly.  And why wouldn't it?  I had a brand-spankin'-new BMW to drive!

I decided to rent a car for this trip to save on racking up the miles on my cars and decided to splurge on a "premium" rental.  I really wanted a Cadillac, but they fell into "luxury" status, and those do not offer unlimited miles, so "premium" was the next best thing.  Premium rentals included Maximas, Chrysler 300s, or Toyota Avalons, but since they didn't have any of these, it was a BMW 328i for me.

It's a really nice car.

The route from Avon: I-195 to the NJ Turnpike, to the PA Turnpike, to I-81, and to the I-77 toward Charlotte.  The rest of the journey was the local roads (route 73 to 16 into Denver).

I took breaks every couple of hours, and there was the requisite stop at Waffle House at lunch. One might ask, "lunch"?  Why yes.  Waffle House is appropriate at any hour of the day.

The trip itself was long and at times, boring.  But, once I rolled into Statesville, NC, the time flew by since it's very familiar and there's lots of stuff around.

I'm now at Aunt Pat's writing this.  She is off tomorrow.  Not sure what's on schedule for the day and I guess we'll play it by ear, though we have dinner reservations in Huntersville at 5pm.

That's about it.  It was a long day, and it's time to call it a day.  Zonk.

TTFN
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