Day 7 - West Virgina, Maryland, Pennsylania, New Jersey and New York

I have concluded that six days driving a somewhat circuitous route across the States is not enough time.  At least not enough time to avoid feeling like 3000 miles of rough road on the morning of Day 6, which I did. But the view over the DMV and McDonald's inspired me to move onward.
So early morning we hit the road.
The misty mountains were beautiful.

We pulled off in Morgantown WV for some coffee and breakfast, and one more Auto Zone for a different fuse purchase, ending with Tom fixing Clarisse successfully!

We stopped in at the Blue Moose Cafe for some oatmeal, and lo and behold this guy started playing the banjo.  He was actually really good, and I felt like my West Virginia experience was complete.  Tom's was complete when he found a hair in his oatmeal, and we split.

We continued on through Maryland.

And made one integral stop here.

You get to know someone pretty well after 6 days on the road, and today Tom learned that really only 2 things cause me to have nervous breakdowns - flea markets and outlet malls.  I tried to hold it together, and Tom really did get some nice homewares from Restoration Hardware.








I was very happy to move on from this and on through Pennsylvania.









And then we found all the people.  They're in New Jersey.

And New York. Where we arrived just in time for rush hour. 

And Tom dropped me in midtown so I could make it in time to meet my dear friend MG to see Cabaret.  I bid him and Clarisse adieu, and made it to the theatre, which was a strange and wonderful end to a very long drive.