My wife and I finally have made it to as Gary calls it the "Peoples Republic of Maryland." It was a fight to the finish!! Trip should have been a little over 6 hours. Instead it took just over 8 hours. Hit 5 major traffic jams 1 in Stamford, Ct., 1 On the Tappan Zee Bridge, 2 on the New Jersey Turnpike ( one probably around DNJs exit at BrickTownship) and finally one on the approach to the Delaware Watergap Bridge. Some years ago we traveled 7000 miles touring the USA and never once were we in traffic this jammed up!

Of course it's all worth it to meet up with the "pros", hoping they can teach a slow learner like me a little something.