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Originally Posted by BostonCelt
A question.....regardless of the chosen route, is it to be every bit of a three-day trip?? Any idea of the "typical" driving hours for the main choices? I'm Quincy, MA-to-TV in mid Jan (I hope!) for a 1/27 closing. Clue free on what the weather will be, of course, but will carjack Santa's sleigh if need be....
A second question...marennorge....re: Clinton, MA....at Ridgefield '85-'98...you??
Safe travels!
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It can be as many days as you want! Our rule of thumb is that we don't travel more than 600 miles per day. Our trip to Maine is 1500 miles so the first day, northbound we stay in Smithfield, NC...good exit, fairly new Sleep Inn that we like. Day 2 is around 500 miles on up to the Scranton, Pa. area. It's 400 miles from there to our destination in Me. On the southbound trip we stop night 1 in the Chambersburg, Pa. area, night 2 somewhere around Florence, SC. We eat the continental breakfast in the motels, stop every 2 hours and walk up and down the rest areas, stretch and bend, stop for lunch and supper. Too much sitting can cause problems with blood clots. We do NOT check in and then go out for supper......older relatives of ours did that in a Hampton Inn in Fayetteville, NC. The place had extrerior doors and apparently someone saw them leave. When they returned from their meal they had been robbed...suitcases taken, etc. So, once we check in we are in for the night. If you are going to be traveling around the middle of January, keeping an eye on the weather forecast is a must. Leave early if it means beating a storm. You could run into bad driving conditions all the way to Georgia. Congratulations on the new home! You are going to love it here!