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The ninth trip south (TS9) preview

Posted by on August 24, 2023

My ninth trip south (designated TS9) will start in 6 days, on August 30. The plan is to arrive back in Fort Myers on September 8, then leave September 10 on the 30-night transpacific cruise. I won’t even unpack.

Unlike the TN9, I will not be alone on the TS9 – Marlene will accompany me. She is with me now in Worcester, having arrived August 20. I will report next on our first 5 days together in Worcester.

The TS9 route is being driven by the following requirements:

TS9 plan
  • Spend at least two days in New York City (Marlene has never been there).
  • Spend at least two nights in northern Virginia with Jett’s sons and grandson.
  • Spend at least two nights in Acworth GA with Marlene’s son.
  • Arrive in Fort Myers by September 8 (we need a full day to adjust our luggage for the cruise).

Those requirements leave just two days free and we will spend them in Charlotte NC – a city I have visited before but haven’t fully explored. To get from northern Virginia to Charlotte we will route ourselves into western Virginia and will traverse a section of the Blue Ridge Parkway – another place Marlene has never been.

The plan, then, is 9 nights in 5 hops covering almost 1,800 miles.

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