for years we drove a car to Ft Lauderdale from Boston in the fall and back again in the spring...close to 1300 miles
We'd leave around 4am the 1st day to get beyond NYC by 9am...but we'd never drive more than 9 or 10 hours a day (today I might drive longer...but never straight through...my reflexes aren't what they used to be to begin with)
If I had to travel north today I'd drive...and like we did before, we'd pack lunch, food to make more lunches and frozen dinners that we prepared (the frozen food eliminates the need to carry cold packs or ice)
like in the past we'd stay in a Residence Inn, or those like it that offer a mini kitchen, so that we could avoid restaurants and enjoy our own food
I'd ask the desk clerk upon arrival for a room that has been unoccupied for at least the past 3 days (shouldn't be difficult, as travel is way down)
when I gassed up the car I'd use an old plastic grocery store bag as a glove and discard it in the trash
the rest rooms in the rest areas are usually kept clean...but, ya gotta go, ya gotta go
and use hand sanitizer whenever we got out of the car
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