January 29 - a travel day. Washington DC to Florence S.C.

Today was a very good day for driving. We left Alexandria pretty early and drove down I-95 to Florence - just over 400 miles. We ate in the car food we had brought, so had very few stops. The weather was excellent. We started the day at 25 degrees and were happy to arrive in Florence where it is 55 degrees. We are staying just off the highway in a La Quinta, but we drove into the town of Florence to eat at the upscale Victor's restaurant in the Hotel Florence, a lovely old renovated hotel where we stayed last year, but couldn't find a good price for this year. Anyhow, we had a lovely dinner; Mark had a filet mignon with rice, collard greens, scallops and shrimp. I had salad and tuna. We both had she-crab soup, which was new to us. It was good, but a bit too rich for us.