14 hours? What is your secret? It takes us sixteen and we start from south-central PA, a good three hours southwest of you.
Lol. I drive fast. Lol. No, just kidding. I have posted my time frames in all different ways and they always take me about the same. The quickest I've done it is 15 1/2 hours. From my house to the Virginia border is three hours.
I think there is a few things that factor in. We live minutes from i78. I leave and hit major cities at non rush hour times which I don't have to take " belt ways " around cities. I stay on I95 through Jacks , Orlando and Richmond when we take the outer route. 8 to 10 hours if not longer of the trip is in the middle of the night.
Iam on the upper side of the speed limits. When we stop, it's not for long. Walk in, do what we got to do and leave. We go into McDonald's, order to go and leave.
I also can drive long distances without stopping. We can click off 300 miles without stopping.
I also drive for a living. I'm closing in on 3 million mile mark. I'm an outside rep. For a company for 31 years, I've spent more than half my life behind the wheel.
I know when I had enough behind the wheel. I know when it's time for me to stop.
I do it day after day, week after week, year after year, even on vacation. Lol
From my front door, going the inland route, there are a few congestion areas. Lehigh valley. Charolette Nc, Jacksonville and Orlando. That's it.
Im not afraid of hills, my car has over 300 hp., it does hills very well. I'm not afraid of trucks, i would rather drive with the trucks than most cars. I look over at some people and they are holding on to the wheel like it's going to fall off the steering colum. Lol Trucks are easy to drive with, don't drive next to them, drive behind or in front. You hang next to them, tire blows, air line snaps, deer, something on the shoulder and your next to them, there will be parts of you they won't find. Pass them and pass them as soon as you can.
So I think a lot goes into it. It's different for everyone.
There is a poster on here from the town next to me and his times are real close to mine. We stay off of I95, the parking lot of the east, for as long as possible.
But, location, location, location. Where you live to major routes have a lot to do with it.
People ask me all the time, why do you drive? Why do you go that way? I don't argue with anybody. Why, I just don't care. Lol I know, from a lot of experience, logged experience which way is easier, faster etc.... I tell people to fly and take 95, keeps them out of my way. Lol
