Illinois

We went by our future home on Tybee Island, Georgia and took this picture on Thursday, February 13th in the afternoon.

Personally I think I did an excellent job capturing the potholes in the street. Pretty impressive for an amateur with his wife's iPad. We had decided to stay on Tybee Island due to the big winter storm that was predicted to pass just north of there. They were predicting heavy ice accumulations in central Georgia and South Carolina along with heavy snow in northern Georgia and Tennessee. No offense to those folks down south but they just lack the experience to drive in those conditions. We went to bed at the Dunes Motel knowing we would be leaving for home in the morning. As luck would have it neither of us could sleep much and about 3:00 a.m. we decided it was time to head for home. It is almost exactly 1,000 miles from door to door. At 3:30 a.m. the car was packed and we were on the road. Everything was going well and we hit Atlanta, Georgia during morning rush hour. It surprised us and we were able to zip right through. As we were going through I looked at the traffic and commented on how everything could be going great and one retard could bring it all to a halt. We folks about 20 miles north of the Atlanta downtown area some knuckle dragging, window licking, drooling, slope headed, slack jawed, mouth breathing, crayon eating jackass closed all of northbound I75. We got sent off on an exit ramp, run about 4 miles down the road and put back on the interstate. That 4 mile trip took about an hour. We made great time through the remainder of Georgia, Tennessee and Kentucky. The final leg of the trip is the great state of Illinois. Everything was fine until we got to Mt. Vernon. That is where the freezing rain started. As we headed north on I57 it eventually turned to snow and road conditions went downhill. Now in Georgia freezing rain and snow bring traffic to a standstill. This is Illinois.

Carol took this so I could concentrate on driving. Please note every vehicle in this picture is going at least 60 miles per hour. There is snow, blowing snow, ice and numerous cars and trucks in the ditches and median. As you drive by you give a look and think to yourself- sucks to be them. We drove in this kind of weather from Mt. Vernon to Champaign before turning west and driving I74 in the same crap all the way home. The trip started at the Dune Motel at 3:30 a.m. and ended at Budde's for pizza and beer at 8:00 p.m. Why not celebrate your safe arrival with a couple of cold ones with your regulars at your favorite bar?

As for southern drivers- you guys suck at this kind of driving. Stay down south in the winter and when you get a day or two of this down there do the right thing. STAY IN YOUR FUCKING HOUSE!!!!!!!!