Jersey City to Seattle Roadtrip

Our road trip from Jersey City to Seattle was very interesting. All three of us enjoyed it in spite of long daily drives, at times as much as 700-800 miles. We were happy that this time we could also take Kiki along with us. At first she was confused because to her a car ride meant one of two things, either going to Liberty State Park to chase a ball (a short ride) or going upstate to visit Ithaca (a longer ride). The second day of the trip she realized that this was something new so she paid continued attention to every detail trying to decipher where we are going, but by the end of the day she gave up and from then on she would nap in my lap only perking up her head when we stopped for a break.

Altogether we drove over 3000 miles and the trip took us through 12 states – New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and finally Washington. We started out somewhat later than originally planned, midday on Sunday, October 1st, instead of early Saturday but we eventually made up the lost time and still arrived in Seattle the following Saturday afternoon, October 7th.