On US-52-- Part 1

Yesterday, we took US Highway 52 from Charleston to Salisbury, NC.

We've been on the road a little in Iowa and most of it in Illinois.

A few years ago, I took it from Joliet, Illinois, to Winston-Salem, North Carolina. But, I'd never been south to its terminus at Charleston. The northern terminus is at Portal, North Dakota, at the Canadian border.

The southern terminus is very hard to find, and we drove around Charleston (as far as the Battery area) a whole lot looking for it and believe we finally did find it.

We first went through some depressed areas once we finally found signage for the road.

Went through North Charleston and then two interestingly-named towns of Goose Creek and Monck's Corner. The road was heavily commercialized and at points, it is eight lanes. In college, one of my favorite groups was Goosecreek Symphony who did that great rendition of Janis Joplin's "Mercedes Benz." Wonder if they were from there?

On the 52. --RoadDog