Yesterday turned into a very long day, 6 states, 13 hours, and rush hour in our country’s capital! 

We headed out leisurely from our hotel and traveled through North Carolina and into Virginia. Our first big city was Richmond, a favorite of mine when we travel north. 

Everything was smooth sailing, we had subway for lunch, the kids were happy, full tank of gas and we headed in Wahington DC at 3:45 on a Friday! 

I don’t have any pictures of the traffic, because even though we were inching along we were trying to find neat things! 

We crossed the Potomac on the Woodrow Wilson Bridge which is one of the few draw bridges in the US on the interstate. When we crossed we could see the capital building and the Washington monument in the distance. 

After DC we headed to Baltimore still in the midst of rush hour! We tried to avoid some traffic by taking the Francis Scott Key Bridge but ended up sitting at a toll plaza wig a bunch of angry, confused, and honk happy others. It was quite amusing, at one point a car was reversing down the lane because a truck refused to let him in…goodbye sweet south, these folks mean business! 

We finally emerged from Baltimore at 6:45 pm, it took us 3 hours to travel 60 miles. After a much needed break we headed onward! We crossed into Delaware and Alan touched his 41st state while we were waiting in line at a toll plaza. It’s my rule you gotta put your feet on the ground in a state for it to count. 

Delaware!! #41 for Daddy! 

After Delaware we traveled into Pennsylvania and through Philadelphia. It was dark and hard to get any pics but it was beautifully lit up and the ships in the harbor were magnificent! 

We finally drove into Princeton, NJ around 10:30, turning our 9 hr drive into a 13 hour experience! 

Tomorrow we go RV’ing!