Fernandina Beach to Columbia SC

 

Saturday April 30, 2022

Up for breakfast our last day here in Fernandina Beach.  We packed up and drove down to the beach for our last time this trip.  Another sunny day – we could not have asked for any better weather.  We stayed about 45 minutes and then headed out.  Jane watching for the seafood shop she had seen when we came into Yulee.  Found it and got 3 pounds of shrimp and two red drum filets.  Hope they will stay frozen in the van refrigerator.  We have done this several times with no problems; but Ben had to get a new battery and did not get quite as large one as in past since we won’t be camping much.

Back on I-95 – the traffic was not too heavy and the road OK in Florida and Georgia.  Several miles out of Savannah there was a huge back up of traffic.  Turned out it was due to the bridge crossing the Savannah River being 4 lane not 6 lane as the interstate had been in Georgia.  What a difference in South Carolina – pavement was in terrible shape with huge chunks of the sides of lane missing. The traffic remained very heavy all the way to the intersection with I-26.  The highlight was a stop at Fuzzy’s Tacos near Hardeeville.  This is a new chain and wow was it ever good!  Going to have to see where there may be others.  They had all sorts of tacos and Mexican dishes – even breakfasts. 

When we turned north up I-26 the road conditions and the traffic improved.  We quickly made it to our Comfort Inn Suites north of Columbia.  This is a strange area – we realized we had been here before when we spent a night in Columbia; however, that time we were at the wrong Comfort Inn.  This time we are right, but it is still a strange area.  Looks like it just grew with no plan in mind.  There are all sorts of stores, restaurants, and other businesses just built all over the place.  We drove nearby to a Denny’s for some plain down home cooking. Country Fried Steak and Chicken Fried Chicken.  Time for finishing up blog writing, Trip Advisor reviews, and catch up on a few emails.  We watched Forest Gump on TV.  Saw it years ago but it was nice to view it again.