I-77 South: Virginia to North Carolina

This follows I-77 south from I-81 in to NC (to Exit 101). This is my second upload of this footage as the first song was blocked by the powers that be, this was as close as I could come to re-creating the original video (this one is 30 seconds shorter). This is also the final video from my summer road trip, not sure what I'll film next :)

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[Fanik10]

Freeway Jim. You ever think of driving the Blue Ridge Parkway (Afton, Va (starting at I-64) to Cherokee, NC (ending in the Great Smoky Mountains NP)? I bet that would make for some great scenery.

[Freewayjim]

@Fanik10 I've driven part of it, great scenery yes, but highly frustrating to drive....I might film some of it some day.

[sal3060]

For some reason this stretch of road is utter hell for left lane bandits and other members of the Anti Destination League. I don't wanna run 85 mph. Frankly I'd be damned tickled to be able to do the speed limit without some goob in a conversion van slogging along in the left lane at 60 mph...

[Freewayjim]

I could not agree more.

[irish89055]

Jim, I drove this in late 09. My ears popped again coming down that mountain lol.... I like the fast replay.. but you do drive like on autobahn, flashing lights.... How many tickets and do you use turn signals??

[Freewayjim]

My ears popped too :)

This was one of the few times I was driving for the camera, I wanted to make this video special and had some slowpokes (left lane hogs) in my way.

I have not received a ticket in over 5 years (knock on wood) and yes I use turn signals.

[ArtificialBanana]

This was the first time I viewed your video in full screen with HD... it was almost like being there in person! I recommend this to everyone who watches!

[ScrewdUpClick2000]

plus i believe texas law clearly states .. if you are driving 5-10 mph under the speed limit , you must be on the far right outer lane of the freeway..

[EasilyWowed]

I drove this portion of I-77 north from Mt. Airy (from Winston-Salem, NC.) via the new alignment of I-74. Drove this portion northbound in October 2007. First time ever: beautiful. Going up Beamer Knob in Virginia on a bright sunny Saturday afternoon: breath taking!

[nostalgiamelancolia1]

Driving through rural America is a real fun.I've done many times.

[PGMEagle]

Once you cross into NC some of the views comming donw the mountian our breath taking

[madbengalsfan85]

The view reminds me somewhat of I-75 climbing up past Jellico in TN

[FreewayAndrew]

@Freewayjim Compress it to a quicktime file? I save my vids to MPEG2, so that's the reason it doesn't look like your frame blending style, so how do you compress the file to a quicktime one without messing your quality up?

[MrMariobig]

I drive my big rig on this route alot theres few steep grades around there.

[VaFreeways]

@keith20988 The Va. state and local cops sometimes play dirty pool IMO. They position themselves in an area where they know that folks naturally go faster (ie. descending down a hill). The interstates are bad but the worst speed traps they set up are on the 4-lane rural US routes in the state.

[keith20988]

in Virginia they dont play with the speed limit you cant even go 6 over the speed limit