Plan on taking longer. Google maps or whatever may claim 13 hours, but.....leaving at that hour will have you in traffic through lower NY. How fast it moves is anyones guess.
It may take 13 hours today, but there may be snow or other weather in December.
That's a piece a cake, I drive 18 hrs back east in one trip twice a year both ways. I never shut off the truck! Candy!
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