Planning a trip to Washington DC, MD, DE and NJ

[Ginger's Mom]

Hi, I just did a quick look on Streets & Maps and they also recommend the Garden State Parkway from Atlantic City, to where it meets the NJ Turnpike, then the Turnpike (Exit 129) all the way up to NY, then Route 95 until you hit I-91 in Connecticut. It says from Atlantic City to Vermont is 436 miles. Now that pretty much takes you up the eastern side of NJ. Jen is out in Allentown (?), that would add another 80 miles or so to your trip. But it might be worth the trip and a lot of fun.

[Vermontcat]

Ginger's Mom, we were checking on the best driving routes this weekend and even to drive down to DC the quickest route would be from 87 in NY to the Jersey Turnpike then 95 into Baltimore then DC. It will be a lot of city driving on a Saturday. How is the traffic around the Philly area, anything we should know about? We are coming from the Lake Champlain side of Vermont so it is quicker to go through NY state on 87 rather than through CT. On the drive down to DC it will be 8 1/2 hrs driving so we really won't have any time to stop for visits that day since we want to get into DC before dark. On the drive back from NJ, I don't think we would be able to head too far off course into PA for any visits either.
My husband will be doing most of the driving, especially in the city areas.
Thanks for helping with more info on a good route.