I traveled through Charlotte, instead of going further south through Columbia SC. My misplaced loyalty to the state had me staying in NC. Traveling through Matthews and Charlotte. NC was hardly a joy. Someone said to me - 'so you drove 12 (+) hours to drive a number of hours the next day and to then drive back for another 12 hours. My friend was wondering at my sanity. She was not an XF owner.

Alicia