What time to go south on 95 this Saturday?
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Anonymous
Going to a relatives birthday party in Fredericksburg, starts at 2pm. Same event, same time, 2 years ago, maybe on a Sunday, but def weekend, took us nearly 4 hours to get to 
I guessing we need to leave early and find a place to hang out until the party, but how early. Where would you go infredericksburg with a 2 and 4 year old if you had a few hours to kill? |
Anonymous
| Seriously, only a wedding would get me to Fredericksburg on a Saturday in the summer. The traffic on 95 is a shit storm no matter what time you leave. Can't you come down with an illness the morning of this party? |
Anonymous
| Can you take the train instead? Actual question. |
Anonymous
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The traffic south on 95 is a true shit storm to quote PP. The train or alternate route sounds like a better option.
With all of the construction, I don't think there is a good time. |
Anonymous
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I would kill time in downtown Fredericksburg. There are shops, kid friendly restaurants, and parks to run around in.
95 really is awful. I think you'd have to leave before 10:00 and even that is still probably bad. You can try Rt. 1 but it gets backed up as well. |
Anonymous
| OMG. I would leave at 4am and find something to do until the party. Seriously. |
Anonymous
I dont think that is early enough either. 2:30-3am is more like it |
Anonymous
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It's been a few years since I headed down that way (had family there and once lived there) but I found that getting on the road before 10am worked okay. So probably to be safe, I would leave at 9 am.
When I lived there and my kid was small, I used to take her over to walk around the campus at Mary Washington U. There was a fountain there that she just loved. (Lame, I know, but little kids are fascinated by such simple things.) 
Also, Carl's Ice Cream, an old-fashioned soft serve place is a local institution. http://www.hollyeats.com/Carls.htm You might also check out Sammy T's for lunch. Laid back easy going place. http://www.sammyts.com/ And I believe that Goolrick's, an old fashioned soda fountain is still going strong: http://www.yelp.com/biz/goolricks-modern-pharmacy-drugs-fredericksburg Oh and you can stop by the library and look at some picture books. http://www.librarypoint.org/ I'm sure there's a lot more there for kids to do now but it's been a long time since I've been there. It was tough living there for a number of reasons but there were many aspects of Fburg I just loved. |
Anonymous
| Pp again. There's also a small play ground in Kenmore Park on the corner of Kenmore Ave and Mary Ball Street. I just checked street view in Google and it appears to still be there. |
Anonymous
| Can you take Route 17 instead? |
Anonymous
| Out of curiosity, is 95 S any more bearable on a Friday morning? And if so, at what times? |
Anonymous
Just did it this morning, leaving DC around 8:15am. Traffic wasn't a problem. |
Anonymous
| Friday |
Anonymous
Guess it depends on when you leave. Took us 4.5 hrs. It was horrible. |
Anonymous
| Thursday at 4 95S crawled from Beltway to Fredericksburg. Today around 2, 95N and S has loooong stretches of below speed traffic. |