ST. AUGUSTINE FL trip
May 13-18 2024
PART 1
This photolog (not Photoglo, but photolog) covers our argument-filled family trip to St. Augustine! A warm beach awaited, but the trip to and from this historic town will make your brain bip!
On I-75 in southeastern Kentucky, we were told of a traffic jam in Tennessee. Got that? Don't say you weren't warned!
Tennesseein' is Tennebelievin'!
Stinking is funny.
Here's our traffic jam we were promised.
Our arguing far exceeded its usual comic pitch as we looked for a place for lunch. This is Merchant Drive at US 25W in Knoxville.
Northwest on US 25W.
Southeast again on US 25W.
Near where I-40/75 splits. Why did Donald Trump have a superstore? At least it wasn't a Nikki Haley superstore.
I-75 after the split. Someone around here sure loved Trump! But let's look on the bright side: They won't be voting for the media's Jasmine Sherman/Liz Cheney dream ticket.
TN 30 in Athens, Tenn.
I-75 approaching Atlanta. I-575 blasts northeast from here, but I-75 south has no direct ramp to I-575.
This bridge appears to be in the middle of a construction project.
I-75 becomes a rather elaborate affair as we near Atlanta.
I think the tall buildings are in the unincorporated suburban area of Cumberland surrounding the Braves stadium.
I-75 goes under Windy Hill Road.
Downtown Atlanta is in view at Moores Hill Road.
Most of Atlanta's tallest buildings opened in the 1980s and 1990s.
Another view of the city that gave us TBS, the channel that brang us Starcade and many bubble gum commercials.
I'm pretty sure the pointy building straight ahead is Bank of America Plaza, Atlanta's tallest building. This 1,023-foot-tall skyscraper is often criticized because it was placed so that it is accessed primarily by car, wosting precious gas.
Atlanta's second-tallest building is Truist Plaza, at center left.
A plane takes off from Atlanta's main airport, which often traded places with Chicago as the world's busiest. The airport is mostly in Clayton County, which I have to mention just because its school system rivals Campbell County, Ky., in the pantheon of troubled schools. It's that bad. It even lost its accreditation in 2008. It's also never good when an article about a school district includes the sentence, "Notably, these searches may involve K-9 units at middle and high school levels, enhancing detection capabilities."
Wow, 28 toilets! So many seats to pee on! This is I-75 near Jackson, Ga.
When I see sine rot, I will document it. And the I-475 shield is a beaut! I-475 bypasses central Macon and opened in 1967. This is another half-exit, as there is no set of ramps going the other way. Macon has been said to be the birthplace of the kazoo, though that account may be apocryphal.
The Motel 6 sign at far right looks like it needs Sanka.