Sunday December 28th 2025

The let up in traffic density on Christmas day was as expected short lived. Over the weekend the stop and go traffic returned. I spent most of the weekend doing chores around the base camp with only a few ventures out into the traffic.

Today I made a stop a Walmart for a quick fun food update. In this case the plan was to buy some bakery items, some oranges and maybe other nice to have items. It doesn’t matter since I never got out of my car. The parking lot was busier than any day leading up to Christmas. I went up and down several parking aisles without finding anything within reasonable and safe walking distance. The only spots I found were at the far end of the lot where people don’t park according to logical rules and other vehicles weave in and out of the parked cars at high speed.

Here at my base camp there is a bit of an increase in arrivals for the winter season. Two motorhomes that have sites on my road arrived over the weekend. Their arrival reminds me of the RV traffic southbound on Interstate 95 through the Carolinas and Georgia this time of year. People tend to wait until Christmas is over and then head south as fast as they can. In previous years the almost continuous flow of southbound RVs has been impressive. I think all of the roadside RV parks fill up every night the week or two after Christmas. I suspect Interstate 75 is the same.