Made it to the Beach..

We left around 8:30am for the beach. We made pretty good time until we crossed into Virginia and then we came to a stand still. For the next 80 miles we were stop start and it was really irritating Beth. We could see no reason for it and it seemed like it would not get any better. We did some guys working on the side of the road and after we past that the road was free to move. It was so weird, but cost us about an hour and half on time. We finally stopped at cracker barrel for lunch and of course we chose the wrong one. It was busy and very noisy. We ate and as we start to leave, the rain started. It was hit and miss for a little while, but we seemed to run out of it and made up a little time. We then turned on 40 highway and could see some mean looking clouds coming our way. Then the lighting started and the rain came down hard. A lot of cars pulled to the side of the road, but we keeping moving. We had to turn on the flashers as you could not see the cars in from of you. We finally moved past the rain and it stopped about 20 miles from the beach. We stopped and picked up the food we needed from the store and had no more room for anything in the car. We made it to the condo and unloaded the car. It took us about 12 hours to get here, but are so glad we made it. So we are off to the beach.