Winter Break Trip - Day 5

[I woke Mollie up at 0600 and packed up the car - it was very cold and it took a while for the car to warm up - Katie had made us some lunch and organized our presents (what a haul!) so we had a lot to get in the car (as a result, Mollie couldn’t sleep in the back seat and she was sad) - we were on the road by 0630 and drove via MA-3, I-93 and I-95 until we were almost in Connecticut - Mollie slept for most of the way and we ate breakfast (snacks) while driving - I’d thought we might try to stop at National Parks for passport stamps) on the way but Mollie said she wanted to get home (“to snuggle in my bed”) - after getting gas in West Greenwich, RI (0745), we continued on I-95 into New Jersey (via the George Washington Bridge in NYC) - Mollie continued to sleep and only woke up as we switched to I-287 - we ate lunch (ham sandwiches, chips, fruit) after we got gas again (1100) in Bloomsbury (NJ) - we then used I-78 to go west into Pennsylvania - at that point, the traffic began to get horrendous - even though it was essentially a holiday, there were large buildups in the typical places I’ve seen traffic on regular work days - as a result, we had to detour around near Harrisburg (PA-443 to US-22, surface streets to cross Susquehanna River and reach US-15) and wait in big slow-down areas (I-270, I-495) all the way home - still, we were at my apartment by 1530 and immediately unpacked - Mollie was already missing her cousins by the time we ate dinner...]