505 miles via US 202, I-291 (north of Springfield MA), I-91, I-84, I-81 and US 340. We stopped for fuel in Belchertown MA and took a bio break and picnic lunch in PA where Marlene took over the driving for the last 200 miles. Auto miles: 505. Cumulative route miles: 505. Cumulative auto miles: 505.
This was a LONG day on the road using mostly interstate routes that had lots of trucks, lots of construction and many slowdowns. The estimated time of 8 hours stretched to over 9 hours. Then, because that wasn’t enough, Marlene insisted on visiting a casino nearly an hour away. That resulted in a total of about 11 hours spent in the car on this day. But those miles will be counted in Hop 2.