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Leo, What a scary ordeal. I am happy to hear you are okay. I am driving back New Years' morning. It's going to be all rain, but at least, the temperatures will be well above freezing.

I am sorry guys. I should have checked back sooner. I made it to North Carolina with no issues. The winds subsided early Christmas morning around 4 am. I left soon after that. Temperatures in the high 50s. There was some heavy rain to deal with however once I reached Delaware (90 minutes...

You keep making me come back for more questions. It's your experience. I am planning to come back to NJ either two days before New Years, New Years Eve or New Years Day. What do you think will be the best travel day where I won't experience the parking lot you did in Virginia/Washington? I...

Thanks Jeffrey (and Crawdaddy, DaveF, Scott and John). Will let you know how the trip turned out. Storm will start to move out by 7am. I'd like to try and get on the road an hour earlier. Appreciate all the tips. Will keep lights on (always on anyway) and distance myself from other...

The problem is the frozen roads. We are going through a freeze here as of late Christmas day and through the weekend. So, I have a very minimal window of opportunity where temperatures are close to 60 degrees and will remain so for the next 24 hours. Right now my plan is to leave at 6 am as...

Need some more truck driver advice... I have avoided icy conditions by leaving during the morning. However, the new issue is that there will be heavy rain with winds in excess of 40-50mph How dangerous is driving under those conditions?

Yeah, I imagine it will. Again, I have amended my plans to leave when it's still in the 50s here in NJ.

Did not consider this potential problem. I always stop at the same few rest stops that have bathrooms. The first is a major gas station stop in Delaware. It has a mini-mart. I suspect that will be open. The other is in Virginia, along 85, and it's simply one of that log-cabin like truck...

So, you were the guy I was waiting to hear from. I am very glad you advised me against night travel when there is possible ice. For that reason (among others stated here already) I simply moved my trip from a midnight drive to a prior morning day drive. Crawdaddy is not the first person I...

I appreciate the input. I modified my plans so I am going to actually travel Christmas morning (6 am) instead of later that night. Though we will be coming out of a rainstorm, I will only be driving in the tail-end of it and best of all, the temperature will remain in the 50s and only start to...

I love coming to this forum when I have a heavy decision in my head that I need to bounce off of other members. I was planning on traveling solo Christmas night from NJ to North Carolina. Spending a week with my brother who has also been quarantined. Now, most of Christmas day there is a huge...