Hello guys! I have taken a road trip to Detroit in September 2021. This is actually the first road trip I have taken that goes more than 2 states! This experience lead me to liking roads in the future. It is also the time when I first started taking road sign pictures!
I have taken this road trip because my friend and I wanted to see a museum up in Detroit. The road trip was 12 hours long and I went through several states, which include Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, and then finally Michigan.
I started from Central Georgia at around 5 in the morning. It was about 2 miles on US 41 until I hit the ramp for Interstate 75 northbound. I went through northern Georgia and continued into Atlanta. In Atlanta, however, things took a turn. There was a horrible car crash coming up our way and the GPS repeatedly told us that "Interstate 75 is closed, taking a different route.", and then giving us directions to the Perimeter, Interstate 285. We thought that the GPS was messing up, so we did not listen to it. However, we have finally noticed all of the police cars and the fire trucks. It looked pretty bad and the traffic looked like it was stopped. It was a bad decision to not take Interstate 285. Stupid us. We took the next exit IMMEDIATELY after seeing everything. We took a detour on this route (I cannot remember) , and then finally hit Interstate 75 again. We looked at it again and it looked TERRIBLE. I felt very bad for those who crashed and the ones stuck in traffic in 6 in the morning. We passed it and continued on the journey. It was very clear after that and not that much cars was around. Then, around 8am, we passed the Tennessee border. We stopped at the welcome center to rest and eat snacks. We hit the road again, went through Chattanooga traffic (the interchange of Interstate 75 and Interstate 24). It was pretty at Tennessee, we saw mountains and pretty hilly plains. Interstate 75 and Interstate 40 merged together and we followed the merged Interstate highway through Knoxville. Interstate 75 broke off of I-40 after that. We saw a few more stuff until we hit the Kentucky border. The welcome center there was really cool and it had horse statues out in the front of the building. We went through Kentucky and saw pretty hills. I love Kentucky. I love horses as well. Then, we stopped at the Big Boy restaurant at Lexington, KY. The food was absolutely delicious. We went through the final parts of Kentucky and went through some traffic going into Cincinnati. We took the bridge over there, and it was still under construction, and it was very creepy. We crossed the border of Ohio and stopped at a rest area 20 miles north of Cincinnati. It is weird that Ohio does not have a welcome center on I-75. The ride in Ohio was full of corn fields. A lot of corn. Those bridges looked nice, though. Finally, we hit the Michigan welcome center. We rested and continued on our way. We reached Detroit a short time after, at around 6pm-ish? It was a very fun time.
We did stuff at the place and around Detroit. The trip back was mostly the same (The traffic in Atlanta was gone then). It was a very fun time, and like I said, led me into loving interstate highways and other highways, and some month later I found myself on the AARoads forum.
Anyway, I hope you guys liked this and you are welcome to leave any comments!
