Re: The journey to Emerald Joust

[Betty Eyer <betty_eyer@yahoo.com>]

Poster: Betty Eyer <betty_eyer@yahoo.com>

Without traffic, the trip will take 3 to 3 1/2 hours.  I made it from
College Park to South Richmond in 2 3/4 hours recently on a Sunday
morning.  

I used to commute from DC to Richmond on the weekends, and I frequently
attend classes or user group meetings up there.  On Fridays, I like to
be south of the beltway on 95 by 3PM.  If I am not, I stop and have
dinner, maybe even a beer and time to walk off the beer in a mall -
traffic will thin out to merely aggravating around 7:30 - 8:00 PM.  On
a Friday prior to a 3 day weekend with good weather forcast....I would
leave by noon in order to make it without traffic.  Note that I am a
geniuine traffic phobic - a natural inability to sit still breathing
carbon monoxide for hours at a time, I guess.  Traveling time with
Beltway traffic 4 -6 hours.  

I cannot speak to the camping conditions.

--- Chris_Harrison@casey.umd.edu wrote:
> 
> Poster: Chris_Harrison@casey.umd.edu
> 
> Greetings, all. I'm new to the kingdom and am
> wondering if the commute from
> College Park, MD to the site for Emerald Joust will
> be completely awful on
> Friday night. If so, and I choose to drive down
> Saturday morning instead,
> does that mean the campsite options won't be too
> great?
> 
> Also, how long will the drive take? (If I leave
> Saturday am, it will be
> from metro DC.)
> 
> Thanks for any guidance,
> 
> Brighid nic Thighearnain
> (Chris Harrison)
> 
> 
>
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