DW and I are nearing the end of our 4 month snowbirding winter in The Villages. We are paid up through March. If we desired, we could extend our stay through April, and likely beyond, as the folks following us into the rental unit have cancelled.
Most of the activities have been closed, and those not yet closed may become closed. We are considering getting out of here and heading to the Finger Lakes of NY. about a week or so early, like maybe Monday the 23rd.
It would be a two day hop, with a motel stop in the middle.
I'm wondering if anyone out there has any knowledge of what the roads are like now. We'd be taking 95 N from Jacksonville, then 26 up to Columbia SC, then 77 through Charlotte, 81 through Roanoke (likely our night stay near Roanoke) then up 81 to Harrisburg, then from there the roads are never too bad.
Normally the snowbird migration north would be awful after March 31, but it seems quite a few folks have left early, especially the Canadians who are concerned about healthcare costs of they get sick down here.
I'm tempted to stay through March and come up a week later, maybe April 7...I'm in a quandary.
Anybody with any knowledge of what traffic is like along this route?
Most of the activities have been closed, and those not yet closed may become closed. We are considering getting out of here and heading to the Finger Lakes of NY. about a week or so early, like maybe Monday the 23rd.
It would be a two day hop, with a motel stop in the middle.
I'm wondering if anyone out there has any knowledge of what the roads are like now. We'd be taking 95 N from Jacksonville, then 26 up to Columbia SC, then 77 through Charlotte, 81 through Roanoke (likely our night stay near Roanoke) then up 81 to Harrisburg, then from there the roads are never too bad.
Normally the snowbird migration north would be awful after March 31, but it seems quite a few folks have left early, especially the Canadians who are concerned about healthcare costs of they get sick down here.
I'm tempted to stay through March and come up a week later, maybe April 7...I'm in a quandary.
Anybody with any knowledge of what traffic is like along this route?