Lunch at ABC's in Gettysburg

Bluerauder said:
I live between Mount Vernon and Manassas National Battlefield. Distance is 45 miles but not a direct route. Minimum travel is 1 hour (best to allow 1.5 hours with any traffic ... a little worse if during rush hour which starts around 3:00 PM and lasts until 7:00 PM. I'll probably be working on the 24th since that is a Wednesday ...

Manassas to Monticello is 95 miles on Route 29 or 15 most of the way. About 2 hours minimum.
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It took 2 hours to get from Gettysburg to Manassas. Didn't have time to stop at Antietem.

Heading from Mount Vernon to Monticello we hit construction with a bunch of lanes merging into one. Lost an hour there sitting in stop and go traffic. Was another 2 hours on top of that to get to Monticello. Passed by Chancellorsville but didn't have time to stop.

Other than that, didn't hit any other traffic jams. Avoided Pittsburgh by going south and then back up north since would have been rush hour time.
 
88LTDCV351 said:
I was originally hoping to arrive earlier but there is a group of us (mom, dad, my brother, my other brother, my neice, my sister) so I had to go with the majority of the people's schedules. We are renting an Econoline van for the long drive.
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The Econoline van was perfect for such a long road trip. Lots of room for luggage, lots of passenger room, some of the passengers could sleep by laying down, etc. And the gas tank is so huge you don't have to stop very often to get gas as you would think. However, each fill up was a bit pricey because you are filling a larger gas tank.
 
Aw man, Thought this was a new thread and there was going to be a meetup at ABC's again, good memories.
 
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