Rural Retreat, VA (USA)

[driving to hiking zone - telework until 1300 - drove west and south via I-495, I-66 and I-81 - in addition to the normal rush hour traffic on the way, I-81 seemed to be worse than normal - bumper to bumper all the way to Harrisonburg - then traffic jams started - used Waze to find out how bad it was and decided to get off the Interstate - used VA-252 (along with several farm roads) to get through Staunton and south of the I-64 merge (ended up on US-11) - eventually got back on I-81 and it seemed like smooth sailing until it started to pour - had planned to hike near Blacksburg but gave up and continued south - drove until around 1800 and stopped in Rural Retreat again (Relax Inn) for the night]