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2016 Cross-Country Road Trip Part 1; the long road between Orlando, FL and Abilene, TX

Back in early 2016 I was slated to make a move back to the West Coast from the Orlando Area.  My move fell during the early months of 2016 which meant a winter drive across the country.  Back in early 2013 I had taken mostly I-10 from Phoenix when I moved to Florida which meant I largely sought to avoid the corridor.  In total I had eight days to drive approximately 2,800 miles across; Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and much of Southern California. My route on the first day started out northbound on Florida State Road 436/Semoran Boulevard at Orlando International Airport. I jumped on the FL 408 Toll Road westbound towards downtown Orlando. I followed FL 408 to it's western terminus and took Florida's Turnpike Northbound. I took Florida's Turnpike past Clermont to FL 19 southbound since I was out during the evening rush hour.  I typically found that FL 50 moves extremely slow through Clermont during...