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[quote=Anonymous]We have family all up and down the east coast, from Boston to DC, and have logged many miles on 95, the New York Thruway, 81, etc. . . . When our kids were little I drove from DC to Cape Cod or Vermont by myself several times with 4 kids, but we always broke the trip up into 2 days and it was always in the summer when it was easy to stop and let the kids blow off some steam.  I've also driven to NY for Thanksgiving by myself with all 4 kids, but that was my absolute limit -- farther than that and I would have gone into a total mommy melt-down.  I would not do what you're considering.  Nor would I fly or take the train -- just another set of headaches with little ones.  Yes, I flew alone with the kids when they were small, but Thanksgiving is just crazy for any kind of travel.

If you feel you must go, please take the advice of several PPs and see if you can get one of your parents or an adult sib to fly down here and then drive back with you.  Or make it a week-long trip that you break up into a couple of days.  Or, at the very least, go some way other than via 95.  I did a New England college tour this summer with our youngest son and found that going up through PA and across NJ to the NY Thruway to the Mass Pike and then up into VT, NH and ME was actually pretty easy driving.  But, again, this wasn't Thanksgiving and I didn't have young kids with me.  (Traveling with your teen can actually be very fun once you achieve a certain Zen-like state of peace with the music, the junk food, and the swearing.)

Finally, I want to suggest that you consider staying here and having T-Day with your DH as a nuclear family.  My DH and I both have wonderful and close extended families, but when our kids were quite young, we decided we would never travel on Christmas.  Yes, I got a lot of grief from my sibs, but in the end, it has been the best thing for us.  We have created our own traditions for the holiday and for visiting with extended family at other times of the year when travel is easier.

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