Ithaca, New York to Saint Joseph, Missouri

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This road trip seems like it might be popular. Ithaca is downwind of the fires burning along the US-Canadian border, near Lake Superior. This trip will run through the middle of the country and lasting two days. Total mileage will cover 1143 miles, at a pace of about 67.7mph. Our shorter day will be the first, and will conclude after 541.6 miles. We will start on Tuesday, because, well, it is early Monday morning back in the Continental US.

DAY ONE (Tuesday)

Ithaca, New York

By the time we get moving, a fairly decent area of low pressure will move into the Great Lakes. Eventually, this will help firefighters out, but in the immediate term, rain tends to bring particulates lower to the surface. IT will be especially smokey until it gets rainy. The rain should really set in between Erie and Cleveland, with the most intense thunderstorms somewhere near Columbus. It should conclude fairly quickly after that, but don’t be surprised if there is still rain in Englewood, northeast of Dayton.

DAY TWO (Wednesday)
Our route will be clear of that system, though there may be a bit more smoke in western Ohio into Indiana, before flow becomes southerly. This should be a mostly pleasant afternoon of driving, however the next wave will have an active warm front, which will be lifting into northwest Missouri as we arrive. The last hour or so of our trip is liable to be wet.

St. Joseph, Missouri

Jacksonville, North Carolina to Ithaca, New York

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We are taking a long day’s drive through the East Coast, covering 665 miles over 5 states and a district. Despite being solidly along the coast, the route will be fairly forgiving, cutting through Raleigh, Richmond, DC and then… Harrisburg? There is enough urban driving, and then the drive into the Poconos to account for, so our speed will only be about 62.5mph on average. Still, 5 states in a day? Not bad.

Jacksonville, North Carolina

It’s just that time of year. A low in the Gulf Stream is tailing a boundary into the Carolinas. It’s enough that there is widespread shower activity in the Appalachians tonight, and it’s liable to be a foggy morning as far north as DC. There will likely be showers embedded within the low clouds throughout Virginia as we make our way northward as well. I’ve been in Virginia only a couple of times, and it has rained every time. Is that a thing? Crossing the Potomac, and then heading north into Pennsylvania will be a bit nicer of a time. We will arrive in the Finger Lakes with mostly cloudy skies and a muggy atmosphere. The next boundary will be sliding out of Canada, making sure we don’t have TOO much fun in Ithaca.

Ithaca, New York