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t_jh2009
StevenOnTheMove
A10: I've driven through Great Smoky Mountain NP over 4th of July weekend. No accidents or construction, but it was slow bumper-to-bumper traffic. #ParkChat
NatlParkPodcast
A10) Road construction through Indiana on our way to @GreatSmokyNPS from Chicago. Indiana notoriously neglects highway maintenence and a bridge had collapsed on I-65, rerouting traffic for dozens of miles. #ParkChat https://t.co/6xfHUlqaQg
Polymathically
replying to @t_jh2009 @t_jh2009 A10: I went to Pinnacles NPS for the first time this summer. Anyone who's familiar with the #SF #BayArea knows exactly how horrendous traffic can get. It was fine on the way down because I left early, but the ride back up north took nearly 3 hours! #ParkChat
NatureGirlTech
replying to @t_jh2009 @t_jh2009 A10) Blizzard driving from NC to IN by myself when I was 20. Interstate closed. Had to turn car off and I was SO COLD. Also had surprise snow last yr in northern OK on my way to IN with my boys. Interstate closed and we sat. Finally made it to an exit and found room. #ParkChat
Polymathically
replying to @Polymathically @t_jh2009 A10: Abroad, I went on a cruise excursion to Pompeii. There was so much traffic, the Italian police had to escort the bus back to the ship to make it in time. #ParkChat
Stars252525
replying to @t_jh2009 @t_jh2009 A10 In Oregon. Coos Bay. We had left Crater Lake and were driving north to stay at Cannon Beach. A log truck lost its full load at and on the bridge. We were delayed over 3 hrs. A helicopter had to haul off part of the logs. #ParkChat
wander_filled
A10 Ran into a gullywasher in Amarillo. flooded the interstate. While stuck in traffic, we had a FedEx truck roll back into us. No real damage, but I was pissed. Close second was almost running out of gas on the Extraterrestrial Highway. #parkchat
unconpeace
RCGibby73
replying to @t_jh2009 @t_jh2009 A10: Grand Canyon South Rim. Construction from the enterance to the Village gummed up traffic. Then this epicness on our way back from trying to get to Desert View : (The Mercedes slid off the road 😵 HARROWING #ParkChat
ParksandPoints
replying to @t_jh2009 @t_jh2009 A10) We have to add an extra hour to simply get 50 miles out of our hometown #NYC #parkchat
Morology
replying to @t_jh2009 @t_jh2009 A10: Nowhere highway in Utah, went back a year later, same thing. I packed a lunch the 2nd time, ate it on the side of the highway, in that funny grass stuff. #parkchat
NakMakFeegle
replying to @t_jh2009 @t_jh2009 A10 Seattle is always terrifying and miserable to drive through! All of my worst experiences with traffic have occurred there. There are places I'd love to visit on the other side, but don't because I can't face the drive! #ParkChat
carfreerunner
replying to @t_jh2009 @t_jh2009 A10 See my snowstorm answer from earlier. Heavy traffic in Rocky Mountain when everyone in car us feeling a bit of altitude sickness. #parkchat
cleverwomanNY
RT @ParksandPoints: @t_jh2009 A10) We have to add an extra hour to simply get 50 miles out of our hometown #NYC #parkchat
hksbks
replying to @t_jh2009 @t_jh2009 A10) What some would consider the worst was probably the best for me. I white-knuckled my way to Logan Pass on Going-to-the-Sun @GlacierNPS on my first visit, and if it weren't for how congested it was (and subsequently slow-going) I would have no doubt freaked out. #ParkChat
MattsRoadTrip
A10) I tend to go places off season, during weekdays. I've had pretty great luck on that front. Occasional flag men here and there but I'm one of those weirdos that loves stopping at flag men for some reason! I don't know why it just feels like an awesome break haha! 🤓 #ParkChat
DryTortugasFilm
replying to @t_jh2009 @t_jh2009 A10) #ParkChat Worst traffic, one of the best experiences, seeing Pele the caldera fill up at Kilauea in @Volcanoes_NPS and people came from all over the Big Island, parking was full and an hour wait for but was the 1st time I saw the Lava lake before it emptied to the Ocean
BarnetteJason
A10 Trying to leave Cades Cove in the @GreatSmokyNPS after watching my first-ever total solar eclipse. It took me 5 hours to drive 23 miles. And I was just starting to develop a severe cold, sore throat, and fever. #ParkChat
naturetechfam
replying to @t_jh2009 @t_jh2009 #parkchat A10 Coming home in a blizzard from @YellowstoneNPS in 2016 and having semis fly by, resulting in zero visibility. Held on for dear life, got off highway in Gillette and found a hotel! Photo was before it became really bad!
Morology
replying to @NakMakFeegle @NakMakFeegle @t_jh2009 A10: As a Seattle native, I feel your pain ;-) #parkchat
kristarsha
replying to @t_jh2009 @t_jh2009 A10 Sacramento to Yosemite...literally took over an hour to go 7 miles due to road work #ParkChat