We drove south to get away from winter weather, but winter weather came looking for us: winter storm Octavia, due into the southeast (precisely along our homeward route) Sunday night and Monday.
We had already cut our trip short by about two days due to the coming storm, but as weather forecasts evolved, it became clear our go-south-and-west alternate route was not going to cut it. So with dry roads available all day Sunday, we set out from Charleston a day earlier than planned; back the way we came with one exception: we traveled between Lexington and Indianapolis via Cincinnati rather than Louisville.
The photo above, taken in the afternoon on Sunday (probably in Kentucky), shows the early edge of the storm coming in from the west. We missed it entirely. The first snow-covered road we encountered was White Pine Drive, 15 hours after we left Charleston. Thank you, Marathon (Driver) Man Ken Stock.
One special exit was worthy of photographing, just south of Spartanburg on the drive from Charleston to Asheville:
Woodruff, South Carolina. Check it out.
One special exit was worthy of photographing, just south of Spartanburg on the drive from Charleston to Asheville:
Woodruff, South Carolina. Check it out.
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