>>They told me that it would only take them 2 1/2 hours >2 1/2 hours would mean going at 70mph all the way which is the legal speed
Whoever wrote they could drive 170 miles in 2 1/2 hrs. must live in Midwest US empty country. Traffic in any large city, anywhere, I think, would be congested and take forever to negotiate. DD lives in Virginia suburb of Washington, DC.- just inside the Beltway (a super motorway that encircles DC and it's closest suburbs) just 1 exit from I66, so she should be able to zip right down to Rt. 29 and home in 3 1/2 hrs. NOT! WE can drive up there in 3 1/2 hrs as we arrive in late afternoon when all the traffic is coming the other way out of the city. She must needs to leave there after work when everyone else is also leaving and it usually takes at least 2 hrs to drive the 1st 30 miles bumper to bumper on I66 until she gets to Rt. 29. The speed limit is 65-75mph, but traffic only moves about 15-20 mph! The same is true in Los Angeles, California where DS lives. He asks us not to fly into LAX arriving in evening as it takes him 2 hrs to get to that airport from NE suburb, so we fly into a smaller airport only 30 miles and 30 min. from him. The LA Freeways are notorious for gridlock! Louise in Central Virginia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
