Put us in the camp of "get there as fast as we can so we can be there as long as possible." In our case we're traveling about 1400 miles from NH. No kids, but we do bring our 3 dogs, so potty breaks and leg stretching are mandatory. Also I do 99% of the driving. DH *can* drive, and certainly will if I ask him, but he's just as happy having a chauffeur. We usually put in about 12 hours of drive time the first day, take a nap for about 6 hours, 10-ish hours of driving the 2nd day, stop overnight and finish up the 2-3 hours in the morning. We try and plan when we leave to avoid busy times in t