Joe, we usually make the trip in a pair of days. Drive to northern Ohio -- Akron or thereabouts - the first day, then to Lovely Laurinburg the second. On the way home we leave the track mid-afternoon Sunday and drive to Wytheville, the next day to Flint, Michigan or so, then get home mid- to late afternoon Tuesday.
Yellow: Trying to get the photo into your avatar or into the post? If the post -- you've tried, I assume, clicking on "additional options" on the lower left portion of the post form, right? Don't forget the photo has to be less than 500k. If the avatar -- well, I forget just now -- but there are probably restrictions there, too.
Another way is to put the photo into one of the internet photo holding sites -- Flikr or photobucket, for example, then click on the "img" button to copy it into your post. Let us know -- and somebody will give you more help.