What time to leave Friday?
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Anonymous
| What time should we leave on Friday to get from the eastern half of the beltway to Shenandoah? I told my husband that the traffic will be ghastly but he wants to leave at 1pm anyway. What do you think? |
Anonymous
| It will be ghastly. |
Anonymous
| We are heading up to PA around noon. I assume it will be bad but we can get a 1/2 day of work in and do not need to arrive at any particular time. |
Anonymous
| Thursday |
Anonymous
| We are heading to Pittsburgh area on Friday. I anticipate it will be bad. Leaving when my kid gets out of school. C'est la vie. |
Anonymous
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I'd pack snacks and download an audio book and let him drive while I zone out with headphones on. 1pm on a normal Friday would be slow, but on a holiday weekend I'd expect a few stretches of only inching along for a few miles along the Beltway (possibly most of it, depending on accidents) and then crawling on various portions of 66. Meaning 3-4 miles might take you an hour.
It all depends on if it's raining (double your travel time) or if there are accidents (at least 50% longer than normal traffic). |
Anonymous
| Leave by 9 am or sit in traffic. |
Anonymous
| Now |
Anonymous
| OP here- I was thinking we give up and leave around 6:30 pm but DH doesn’t want to leave late and get there at dark. |
Anonymous
This |
Anonymous
| If a train leaves Chicago at 9 am… 🤦♂️ |