Connecticut -> Texas

We left West Hartford on Sunday, September 30th at 6:00AM. We had smooth sailing except a little bit of turbulence in Pennsylvania where they closed off a large section of the highway due to some kind of State Trooper Parade. Local police were on the prowl for cone-crashers and anyone traveling over the speed limit. That aside, the Virginias were uneventful. We decided to stop for the night in Knoxville, Tennessee. There we found an affordable inn off highway 40 called Econolodge. We stayed from 10:30 to 4:25, when we set back out on our second leg of the trip.

On the way into Texas, we just kept thinking about how nice it would be to be back in our home state. We found the open skies and flat plains to be both aesthetically pleasing and relaxing.

The total trip time was 34 hours, 28 of which was driving.