At 8AM we arrived in New Jersey, state 3 (Connecticut and New York were the first two) of our journey and first bathroom break of the trip at the Vince Lombardi Service Area. It snowed last night, a heavy sticky snow, so the drive through Connecticut and into New York, along the Merritt Parkway, was beautiful. We’re now on the New Jersey Turnpike thru Newark, which is not exactly the ‘garden state’ part of the Garden State. Abby is re-caffeinated, Erica and Maya are napping and I’m enjoying New Jersey.