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[quote=Anonymous]As someone who has made the trek from DC to NJ many, many times to visit DH's family (and is against my better judgement doing it again) there are only a few times I would actually leave.  VERY early on Tues, Wed or Thurs (like 5-6am).  VERY LATE on Tues or Wed (like 9 or 10).  We are leaving at 5am on Wed this year.  It's also important to remember that Wilmington, Philly, Trenton, etc all have their regular rush hours on Tu and Wed in addition to holiday travel, so we try to be past them early or wait til later.

If you try to leave at bedtime, you will probably get stuck in traffic, which may be fine w/ you if he's actually sleeping.

If you leave at naptime and the trip takes 6 or 7 hours (our record from pre-kids), then he sleeps for max two hours and you are left to entertain him the rest of the trip.

I remember a trip around this age when the traffic was monstrous and so was my son, and I found a bag of Reese's pieces in my purse and was giving him one every few miles, praying they would last until we got near home!

Sometimes it works to go over the Bay Bridge and take 301 through Delaware to the Delaware Memorial Bridge, (depending on where you are leaving from and where you are going) rather than go through all the choke points in MD.  It probably takes as long or a bit longer, but at least you are moving (which can be helpful in keeping little ones asleep rather than jerky stop and go traffic).

Good luck![/quote]

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