Travelling up a spaghetti string

So yesterday I was in the middle of a repositioning move from Pageland South Carolina(raggedy Marathon truck stop) to Columbus Ohio. After fueling in Nitro West Virginia is when my adventure began. Making a left turn out of that Pilot looked like it would've been a pain, so instead I turned right and risked the back roads. Did a big loop just to cover not much distance across I-64. But no problem. I travel down I-64, and the GPS wants me to head towards US 35. I actually thought about sticking to the interstates at first, but then I realized that would've been a longer way. When I blew past my exit, I took the next one. Country Road 19.

Whoops.

Winding roads past itty bitty houses with some fascinating curves and some pissed off locals. I had to intersect opposing lanes multiple times and avoided a couple branches and one low hanging telephone line.

Yesterday I learned to cross check the GPS with the dispatch directions.

 

I still consider myself a newbie, but THIS was on the level of ULTRA NOOB.
*headdesk*

 

May I never find myself among the yuppies who decide to take The Dragon in North Carolina. *knock on wood*