Well, we've made this trip 3 times in the past month and we've got it down to a science. Door to door from DC to Evanston is 732 miles and it takes us 12 hours and 40 minutes when we work at it. Some highlights and lowlights from the trips:
Highlight: Sunrise over the Allegheny mountains as you head west from DC
Lowlight: The Gateway Restaurant in Breezewood, PA -- why oh why have I 70 and I 76 not been connected with a highway connection?
Highlight: Listening to US history tapes from the Teaching Company
Lowlight: Ohio is very, very flat
Highlight: Finding a Panera Bread outlet in the highway rest stops in Ohio [Yes, not really that high, but the scale is a relative one!]
Lowlight: Gary, Indiana still smells
Really Lowlight: Arriving in Chicago on a Friday rush hour where the express lanes are closed with snow and being at a standstill, totally, for more than an hour
Highlight: Arriving at our own apartment, not a hotel, in Evanston
Real Highlight: Seeing our kids and grandchildren 3 times in the first week.
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