We drove down last summer and are doing so again this summer. It took us 17 hours and it really wasn't that bad! I tried watching someDisney movies on my portable DVD player, but it put me to sleep

I wound up listening to my MP3 player a LOT, and taking notes of when we hit each state and funny exit names and stuff. The time flew by, and it actually seemed like a shorter drive than when we go upstate or to Jersey! I think that had to do with the excitement and taking in all the new sites, but it wasn't bad at all. Have fun!