I'm headed back to California. This time in my son's Jeep.

He and my wife Jodi are flying out and I'm personally delivering the truck.

I know, it would be easier to ship and given the cost of gas, maybe even a comparable price. That said. I am competitive, as you know.

I made it door-to-door from Princeton to San Diego last summer with gas stops, a few hours of sleep, AND a flat tire incident, in 52 hours.

I think I can beat the time. My concern is the route.

I can hit Columbus, Ohio in 8 hours and Indianapolis in 11 hours.

I could go south and hit Knoxville in 12 hours.

The driving time is between 41 and 43 hours depending on the route.

I'm doing it over a weekend, so the traffic will be a major issue other than the Friday I leave.

The question is whether I should front-load the driving and try to go through the night on Friday or stop after 8-10 hours, get some sleep and push through over the weekend.

The second question is whether I take the direct route across the country or take the more (and to some safer) route across the south.

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