Day 1: Traffic for Miles

In the beginning...there were bikers...

Meghan and I started our morning with our last Dunkin Donuts french vanilla iced coffee for while :( then went our merry way towards Ryan's house in south Jersey. Everything was going great, the sun was shining, there was a little traffic outside of Boston, but it was bearable, and we even found a new friend!

Meet Stanley Hudson:

Right before we got to NYC, I switched with Meghan so I could drive the rest of the way to Ryan's house. Apparently, I should never drive because I bring bad luck to the trip. We got stuck right before the George Washington bridge for TWO WHOLE HOURS. To make matters worse, we were getting hungry, and most of the food we wanted to eat was all the way in the back of the car, which we couldn't reach! So we just took a lot of pictures instead & complained about our lives.

Stanley Hudson in the Bronx

This car had a huge decal on the back with a Native American holding a skull

Stanley drinking DD's

Meghan applying makeup in traffic

Finally, there was an end in sight after the George Washington Bridge, and we were on the NJ Turnpike for approx 12 minutes when we got this great news on the radio:

Eventually we got through all that traffic and what was supposed to be a 6 and 1/2 hour drive, became an 8 1/2 HOUR DRIVE. But the good news is that we made it and Ryan's fam provided some delicious cheesestakes (to make up for the fact we couldn't stop in Philly due to time constraints) before our first pit stop. Of course when Ryan started driving, there was barely any traffic and we drove past Baltimore & Washington D.C. in order to get to Eva's house in Purcellville,VA.

View over the Delaware Bridge overlooking the Potomac River

By this time, it was around 9PM, and the GPS took us through the back roads of rural Virginia. Meghan was freaked out to say the least, and i apologize for the following video for being in the dark, but the audio commentary is perfection.

Luckily, we made it in one piece to her house, and it was a welcome oasis for us weary travelers! That pretty much wraps up Day 1, so stayed tuned for our 12 hour travel day to Nashville!!


Oh, PS, I'm going to include a map (per request) that shows where we are each day! Here it is so far!