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Driving overnight from Chicago to DC report

Posted by prayformojo (aka mayhem) Apr 26 '11, 11:25

Trip grade: B+
Miles: around 720
Hours: right around 11; left right at 8 pm
Hours of the trip that Abby slept: 9.5
Traffic: not bad, though there were lots of trucks
Number of times stopped: 3
Number of minutes spent during stops: 17
Most confusing thing about the trip: Not being about to cruise through the tollbooths - having to wait for the arm to go up even when you're in the EZ pass lane seems a little silly.
State on either side of which Heather & I switched driving: Pennsylvania

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I would like fuel economy reports, please, as well as a snack report. thanks. -- nm - amanda jones Apr 26, 11:37 3
- Mileage wasn't that great b/c I was going a bit fast. Finished at 39.3 for the trip. We bought lots of snacks, but I only ended up eating 3 packages - prayformojo Apr 26, 11:40 2
  - Fruit snacks? FRUIT SNACKS???? C'mon man, is this your first road trip? Where's the Combos and Corn Nuts and Slim Jims? -- nm - Jim Apr 26, 11:43 1
    - Dunno, but whatever my formula was, it was perfect - prayformojo Apr 26, 11:46
Snacks? -- nm - flavorize Apr 26, 11:36
*jealous* -- nm - Spawn Apr 26, 11:26 14
- DC is pretty sweet. -- nm - loosilu Apr 26, 11:27 13
  - I think he's jealous of driving 720 miles. Man, that'd be fun -- nm - CQ Apr 26, 11:27 12
    - Top Gear is his pron. -- nm - Amy Apr 26, 11:44 1
      - this - Spawn Apr 26, 11:44
    - You guys have a strange concept of "fun". -- nm - Mop (212 lbs) Apr 26, 11:38 2
      - Driving a car is in my top 4 or 5 favorite things to do. -- nm - Spawn Apr 26, 11:40
      - yeah, we're being sarcastic here -- nm - CQ Apr 26, 11:40
    - That, and through the night. Sounds about like the PC Florida to Bloomington trip I used to make. Think that was 600-650. -- nm - Spawn Apr 26, 11:33 2
      - I remember doing Southern Ontario to Princeton, NJ, overnight - but we were a *lot* younger then :) - MojaveMeg Apr 26, 11:35 1
        
        I've done straight through FL to NY. 1300 miles when I was in my young 20's. once! :) -- nm - CQ Apr 26, 11:41
    - I think Spawn just loves tollbooths -- nm - con_carne Apr 26, 11:29 2
      - I do enjoy seeing just how fast I can go through them. -- nm - Spawn Apr 26, 11:35
      - well duh. someday, one of them might be the phantom tollbooth. - TFox Apr 26, 11:30
    - I love driving, but that's too much for one shot, for me. -- nm - loosilu Apr 26, 11:28

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