{"id":10889,"date":"2014-11-28T23:23:32","date_gmt":"2014-11-29T04:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/?p=10889"},"modified":"2023-05-05T18:18:11","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T22:18:11","slug":"thanksgiving-road-trip-back-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/2014\/11\/thanksgiving-road-trip-back-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving road trip: back home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:2165,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.sublimedoughnuts.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260121234549\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.sublimedoughnuts.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-10 15:42:21&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-15 11:38:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-15 11:38:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:2166,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.tomahawknation.com\\\/2014\\\/11\\\/30\\\/7309877\\\/florida-state-football-savors-defeating-gators-florida-seminoles-rival-fsu-uf&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20230606160214\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.tomahawknation.com\\\/2014\\\/11\\\/30\\\/7309877\\\/florida-state-football-savors-defeating-gators-florida-seminoles-rival-fsu-uf&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-10 15:42:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-15 11:38:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-15 11:38:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:2167,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.apple.com\\\/iphone&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260210003247\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.apple.com\\\/iphone\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-10 15:42:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-14 23:01:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-09 03:10:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-15 11:38:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-27 16:21:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-27 16:21:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>It was a long week (4 days of travel, 3 days of vacation) but we&#8217;re back in warm Florida after our trip up north to Ohio for the Thanksgiving holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the heavy snow on Thanksgiving day, slightly warmer temperatures on Friday allowed for the roads to be clear and easy to navigate, so once again weather was not a factor in our trip. We left Cleveland around 9:00am (36 degrees!) and stopped for a late lunch with old college friends in Lebanon, Ohio (46 degrees). We ended up staying and visiting a little longer than expected so we weren&#8217;t back on the road until 3:30pm. Around 4:00pm we crossed the Ohio River into Kentucky on I-75 South. We stopped for gas and a driver change in Lexington around 5:30pm (55 degrees!) and at 7:00pm crossed the Tennessee border. We grabbed dinner at a\u00a0<span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"https:\/\/zoeskitchen.com\/\">Zo\u00eb&#8217;s Kitchen<\/span> in Knoxville around 8:00pm (not bad!). Another long night of driving into Georgia and we stopped just north of Atlanta at our hotel in Kennesaw at 11:15pm.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday morning we were checked out of the hotel and driving south on I-75 by 8:30am, and then stopped for a quick breakfast at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sublimedoughnuts.com\/\">Sublime Doughnuts<\/a> in Atlanta. We crossed our final border into Florida at 1:00pm and stopped for lunch in Lake City about 45 minutes later (and it was now a wonderful 75 degrees). We ran into terrible traffic through Gainsville (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomahawknation.com\/2014\/11\/30\/7309877\/florida-state-football-savors-defeating-gators-florida-seminoles-rival-fsu-uf\">Gator fans driving home<\/a>?) that seriously slowed us down. Instead of a three hour drive from Lake City, we didn&#8217;t get home until after 6:30pm.<\/p>\n<p>Our total round trip was about 2,739 miles, 48 hours in the car, whew!<\/p>\n<p>Offhand note: I learned that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/iphone\/\">Touch ID<\/a> on my <a title=\"Apple iPhone 6 Plus\" href=\"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/2014\/09\/apple-iphone-6-plus\/\">iPhone 6 Plus<\/a> doesn&#8217;t work reliably when my hands are cold and dry like they were in Ohio.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div 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100vw, 150px\" data-attachment-id=\"10899\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/2014\/11\/thanksgiving-road-trip-back-home\/img_9853\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_9853.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot ELPH 300HS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1417085397&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;21.5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"snow dog!\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;snow dog!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_9853-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_9853.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-10899'>\n\t\t\t\tsnow dog!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_9931.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_9931-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Golden Lamb in Lebanon\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-10895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_9931-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_9931-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_9931.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 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orientation in Lexington\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Amazon orientation in Lexington&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_9934-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_9934.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-10896'>\n\t\t\t\tAmazon orientation in Lexington\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2014-11-30-21_44_49.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"84\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2014-11-30-21_44_49-84x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Lake City to home\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-10893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2014-11-30-21_44_49-84x150.png 84w, https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2014-11-30-21_44_49-168x300.png 168w, https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2014-11-30-21_44_49.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 84px) 100vw, 84px\" data-attachment-id=\"10893\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/2014\/11\/thanksgiving-road-trip-back-home\/2014-11-30-21_44_49\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2014-11-30-21_44_49.png\" data-orig-size=\"360,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lake City to home\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Lake City to home&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2014-11-30-21_44_49-168x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2014-11-30-21_44_49.png\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-10893'>\n\t\t\t\tLake City to home\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt 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data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2014-11-30-21_44_58.png\" data-orig-size=\"360,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"48 hours in the car\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;48 hours in the car&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2014-11-30-21_44_58-168x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2014-11-30-21_44_58.png\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-10894'>\n\t\t\t\t48 hours in the car\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a long week (4 days of travel, 3 days of vacation) but we&#8217;re back in warm Florida after our trip up north to Ohio for the Thanksgiving holiday. Despite the heavy snow on Thanksgiving day, slightly warmer temperatures on Friday allowed for the roads to be clear and easy to navigate, so once &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/2014\/11\/thanksgiving-road-trip-back-home\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;Thanksgiving road trip: back home&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,41],"tags":[80,29,31],"class_list":["post-10889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-leisure","category-travel","tag-holidays","tag-vacation","tag-weather"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10889\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}