In the morning, we departed the Westin and headed to the Thrifty auto rental near Dulles. We rented an almost new 2015 Kia Soul for our long drive through New England. Thrifty was charging a bunch of money for a toll tag, so we decided to pick up our own on the drive. Thus, our first stop was Reston, VA, where we ate lunch at Chipotle and picked up an E-Z Pass and some snacks from Giant supermarket.

Over the next 7 or so hours, we drove northbound to the small town of Guilford, CT outside of New Haven. The traffic was worse than we expected for a Sunday, especially through Maryland and around the George Washington Bridge between New York and New Jersey. Overall, I think we paid more than $40 in tolls.