Traveling through the worst state in the South East

No shade intended against the nice people of the state of Georgia, but in MY experience with driving back and forth from Michigan to the Tampa Bay, Florida area the WORST state to travel through is the HUGE and IMPOSING fuzzy peach state also known as GEORGIA!

 

Here are the Top 5 Reasons I feel I can make this claim:

 

1. Which state does MASSIVE and DISRUPTIVE highway construction the 2 Weeks of SPRING BREAK traffic congestion? 

 

If you guessed Georgia, you'd be CORRECT!

 

You had 50 OTHER weeks to start and finish ANY needed improvements on your well traveled Southern routes, yet YOU felt the need to make an already stressful, congested and long drive LONGER with the ill-timed road construction and orange barrels! (NOTE I took photo evidence presented below)

 

Georgia Highway Construction Week of April 8th

 

Sarah is NOT happy about this traffic jam caused by Georgian Construction Projects

 

2. Georgia Highway Patrol uses their lights to cause MORE dilemma's than is originally warranted! And their lights seem to be brighter than the rays of the noon-time Sun especially when you've been driving for 8+ hours and it's after 11 pm.

 

Georgia Troopers Blind You with Their Lights

 3. Their gas stations look like old Georgian Plantations

 

Why is this a negative thing? Well you get REALLY excited to visit an modified plantation house and then you realize that it DOESN'T sell anything other than gas; boiled peanuts (WTH?); cashews; and a few cool beverages. The inside of these places is NOTHING like what the Georgian Plantations look like from early 90's horror flicks!

 

4. Georgian Plantation Gas Stations and Everything Else Closes by 9 pm on Sunday Nights!!!

 

Yeah FACT! Plan your beverage choices carefully on Sunday return trips if you don't wanna be forced to urinate in a grungy, spider-filled porta-potty on the side of the road! And get used to making beef sticks your Sunday dinner if you don't manage to avoid the massive traffic jams caused by the poorly timed highway construction OR the city of Atlanta!

 

5. The State of Georgia is Just TOO F'ing Big!

 

Who the heck does it think it is?? 6 hours or more to drive through 1 measly state that is only known for its HUGE Wild Boar problem, Cashews and Peach Cider?!! Really? Really Georgia??? Sure I could do some actual and prolly ridiculously simple research to figure out JUST why Georgia is SO large, but I'd rather just bash it blindly and smugly!

 

Georgia Buckle Up It's the Law Sign

 

On a serious note - Georgia the ONE thing I like about traveling your highway systems IS seeing the Florida/Georgia line as I listen to the country group by the same name! Oh AND your fresh Peach Cider is pretty darn good too, if not a bit too sweet, but very a refreshing treat regardless!

 

Again this is NOT about the people of the state of Georgia and is meant to only be read as it was written....tongue in cheek! ;)

 

Sarah