The Wedding Drive

Our nephew Gabriel was getting married Friday, June 26.  Tammy and I left after work Thursday, June 25 at 1:30pm for the 13 hour trip to Indianapolis.  We took 691 to 84 to 80 for the first 6 hours of our trip.

The ride was nice until we hit the Scranton /Wilkes-Barre area with its decades long construction.  The drive on 80 was not at all enjoyable either.  So many semi-trucks traveling up and down hills on a two lane interstate - some going fast, some going slow, sometimes all going slow.  We stopped in Dubois,PA for the night around 7:30pm and had Pizza Hut for dinner.

We left Dubois at 6:30am with a to-go breakfast from our hotel because of covid for the last leg of the trip.  We took 80 to 76 to 71 to 70.  The ride on 80 picked up where it left off the day before with so many semi-trucks, up and down hills on a two lane interstate.  The interstates in Ohio get a two thumbs up from me.  They made for good travel even through the construction areas.  I especially enjoyed when there were three or more travel lanes.  70 in Indiana was not all that great.  Very rough pavement with construction all the way to Greenfield where we were staying for the night.  In fact, the construction was to add 30 minutes to our travel time near our exit in Greenfield; so we got off 70 in Richmond and took Route 35 to Route 36 to the church to pick up Lizzy and Stas.  We got to the church a little after 1pm.  Travel time from CT to Indianapolis was 13 hours.

We spent a total of 18 hours in the Indianapolis area - 4 and half hours before the wedding (eating at Cracker Barrel and resting), 4 hours at the wedding, and around 9 hours at the hotel (sleeping, showering, and eating a continental breakfast).  We left the hotel at 7am.

Traveling home on Saturday was great with an exclamation point - much less car traffic and exponentially less semi-truck traffic.  We did hit two pockets of thunderstorms but were able to make it home to CT by 6:30pm.  We did it straight with just two stops for gas/bathroom for a travel time from Indianapolis to CT of 11 and a half hours. 

Our total travel time over the three days for the wedding was 24 and a half hours covering roughly 1665 miles.