I am new to this sub even though I am a longtime believer, so I hope it’s ok that I’m sharing this experience from two nights ago. I’m not sure what we experienced but I’ve spent the last 48 hours trying to figure it out and I’m stumped. Hoping someone here might have an idea.
So my husband and I drove from NYC to DC/NOVA the other night at 8pm. We’ve done this drive dozens of times in both directions and we typically leave at night because we prefer night driving. No matter what it, takes us anywhere from 3 hours 45 minutes to 4 hours 30 minutes, except when there’s major construction, or an accident, or just crazy traffic.
When I checked GPS as we left it was 8:04pm. Our ETA was 12:08am, so it was predicting a 4hr 4min drive, which is normal. I’m positive this time is correct because my husband picked me up from work and we hit the road immediately.
We stopped one time for a drive through dinner and to walk our dog. This was an approximately 30 min stop. We didn’t need to fill up on gas because my husband filled it up before he picked me up. There was no traffic at any point of the drive or construction projects that decreased highway lanes.
Anyway, all this is to say that we got to our destination at 1:45am, a full hour plus (taking into account our dinner pit stop) later than we should have. Neither of us realized this until we pulled into my in-laws driveway, and at that point we were both tired and just wanted to get to bed.
The next morning we were chatting our family and they asked why we were so late getting in and when we tried to explain it we couldn’t. There’s nothing that makes sense for us getting to our destination as late as we did. No wrong turns, no traffic, no extra stops. My husband, the driver, says he got really drowsy at one point and was thinking about pulling over to a rest stop to stretch but then had a sudden burst of energy and didn’t need to.
This was not a particularly spooky or compelling experience, but I just can’t account for that extra hour. This is a drive we do very frequently and it’s never been a nearly 6 hour trip for us. Any ideas of what could have happened? I tried to list all relevant details here but if there’s anything else I can elaborate on I’d be happy to do that in the comments.
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[link] [comments]I am new to this sub even though I am a longtime believer, so I hope it’s ok that I’m sharing this experience from two nights ago. I’m not sure what we experienced but I’ve spent the last 48 hours trying to figure it out and I’m stumped. Hoping someone here might have an idea. So my husband and I drove from NYC to DC/NOVA the other night at 8pm. We’ve done this drive dozens of times in both directions and we typically leave at night because we prefer night driving. No matter what it, takes us anywhere from 3 hours 45 minutes to 4 hours 30 minutes, except when there’s major construction, or an accident, or just crazy traffic. When I checked GPS as we left it was 8:04pm. Our ETA was 12:08am, so it was predicting a 4hr 4min drive, which is normal. I’m positive this time is correct because my husband picked me up from work and we hit the road immediately. We stopped one time for a drive through dinner and to walk our dog. This was an approximately 30 min stop. We didn’t need to fill up on gas because my husband filled it up before he picked me up. There was no traffic at any point of the drive or construction projects that decreased highway lanes. Anyway, all this is to say that we got to our destination at 1:45am, a full hour plus (taking into account our dinner pit stop) later than we should have. Neither of us realized this until we pulled into my in-laws driveway, and at that point we were both tired and just wanted to get to bed. The next morning we were chatting our family and they asked why we were so late getting in and when we tried to explain it we couldn’t. There’s nothing that makes sense for us getting to our destination as late as we did. No wrong turns, no traffic, no extra stops. My husband, the driver, says he got really drowsy at one point and was thinking about pulling over to a rest stop to stretch but then had a sudden burst of energy and didn’t need to. This was not a particularly spooky or compelling experience, but I just can’t account for that extra hour. This is a drive we do very frequently and it’s never been a nearly 6 hour trip for us. Any ideas of what could have happened? I tried to list all relevant details here but if there’s anything else I can elaborate on I’d be happy to do that in the comments. submitted by /u/GuyFierisHairGel [link] [comments]
