with my car keys on my knee i’m a-goin’ ’cross the country up to washington, dc The fog rolled in the day i left the sun shone through the sky the cars so slow, i sped to death susanna don’t you cry Oh, susanna! now don’t you cry for me for i’m driving up the 85, to washington, dc ’Round richmond does the highway …

We’re on the last stretch of the trip! Today I’m going from Durham, NC up I-85 and 95 to Washington, DC. I’m leaving at 6 AM to avoid the traffic and also get in early enough to take care of moving things in. So the road is entirely covered in fog. Here it wasn’t so thick, but in other places I couldn’t see more than …

road trips there are not forgotten look away! look away! look away, dixie land In dixie land where i did travel on through memphis, on through nashville look away! look away! look away, dixie land I’m driving down i-40 hooray! hooray! through giant clouds and buffet crowds i’ll make my way through dixie my way, my …

Is this a real place, or are they making fun of me? On I-40, just out of the mountains in North Carolina.

Not Datartsville. Dysartsville. Dys one.

I didn’t see a New Fort. There were also a Warm Springs and a Cold Springs somewhere, but I missed those. On I-40, just inside North Carolina on the way to Durham.

Welcome to North Carolina! I’m not sure why, but I took the picture of the road sign with my phone. (I didn’t even remember taking it—I thought I missed it!) Then I took another picture of the sign at the visitor center a few miles in. I also took some pictures of the Appalachians. They made for some really nice …

Interstate Liquors: when you’re on the interstate, and need liquor. I’m going to watch the drivers more carefully now. Also, apparently Carl’s Jr. is called Hardee’s over here. On I-40, just outside of Knoxville, TN.

I thought that driving east would get me away from Newport. On I-40, just outside of Knoxville, TN.

This place: is next door to this place: Here’s a blow-up in case you don’t get it: They really are next to each other! See that TNT billboard in both pictures? Or there’s the temple of the golden arches: The first two were on I-75 between Lexington and Knoxville; the last one was in Knoxville.