This morning, about 9:30, we drove from Topsail Beach, NC, on the barrier island of Topsail Island to Fort Fisher, at the end of the peninsula/island south of Wilmington. It's a long drive by car and a whole lot shorter by boat.
First off, we drive seven miles to downtown Surf City just to get out over the famous swing bridge (and you definitely hope that it doesn't swing open for a boat, as that is always good for a ten minute delay). Then, it is a several mile jaunt out to US-17 and then a many mile drive south to Wilmington through Hamstead and some smaller communities.
This is when driving hell starts as we have reached the land where everyone drives all the time, and just try to go an eight of a mile or less and not find a stoplight. And I found the vast majority of them in the red color, a truly delightful encounter. US-17 is bad, but then you hit College Avenue which is even more congested out to Monkey Junction.
Not only do you have Wilmingtonians who love to drive all the time, but also there are hundreds of vacationers heading to the beaches in the area.
Heavy traffic continues on on US-421 all the way to Carolina Beach and finally lightens up at Kure Beach and then the short distance to Fort Fisher. To drive the 50 miles took us almost two hours, and we got to the fort just in time for the presentation on Major Reilly.
Beep! Beep! His Horn Went Beep, Beep, Beep!! -- Old B-Runner/Sorry CarDriver
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