🏁 Day 7 · 8/15 周六 · Triadelphia WV → Jersey City（~470 mi）· 最后一天。天气是全程最好的一天：29–30°C，晴，降水 2–3%，从俄亥俄一路晴到纽约。今晚见 Cassie。
🗺️ 最后一段（浅灰＝全程 Santa Clara→Jersey City · 蓝＝今天）
⏱️ 时间表（东部时间，全程同一时区）
| ~时间 | 在哪 | 说明 |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00–9:30 | 出发（Triadelphia WV） | 只剩 470 mi——可以睡饱再走，西弗吉尼亚已经在昨晚拿下 |
| 已完成 ✅ | 🏔️ 西弗吉尼亚 | 昨晚已睡进 Wheeling 东侧的 14 英里切片——第 8 个州到手 |
| ~12:30 | 宾夕法尼亚州界 · Washington PA 一带 | 午饭+充电。阿巴拉契亚山从这里开始 |
| （可选）~13:00 | 🌉 匹兹堡绕行 | +40 分钟：走 I-376 从 Fort Pitt 隧道出来的瞬间——黑暗中冲出，整座城市和三条河同时炸开在眼前。全美最好的城市"开场"，没有之一 |
| ~15:00 | 🛣️ 宾州收费公路 · Breezewood | 美国公路迷的传说之地：州际公路系统里唯一需要开下高速、过红绿灯再上另一条州际的地方。5 分钟，看个乐 |
| ~15:30 | ⛰️ 宾州隧道群 | Allegheny / Tuscarora / Kittatinny——1940 年代开凿，穿山而过。开过即打卡 |
| ~17:00 | Harrisburg → I-78 东 | 最后一次充电+晚饭。之后是 170 英里到家 |
| ~19:00–19:30 | 🗽 Jersey City · 到达 | 纽瓦克 → Turnpike → 曼哈顿天际线在右手边升起 → Central Ave |
🅿️ 到达即办：停车
| 今晚 | Zone 16（Heights）24 小时执法——周六晚到，先看路边标牌；最稳是先停一晚私人车库/停车场，别赌 |
| 周一第一件事 | 去 Parking Enforcement 办公室买访客证（$5/24h），并当场问居民证（$15/年）需要什么材料 |
| 长期（住 1–2 个月） | 居民证 → 不行就租私人车道（Spacer/Neighbor 类，$100–200/月，优先带室外插座的）→ 再不行 Journal Square 月租场 |
| 车里 | Starlink、船、冷藏箱、贵重物全部搬上楼。长停 Sentry 关（街停无电扛不住 8–12%/天） |
🏁 到了之后
这一程的账：~2,900 英里 · 7 天 · 9 个州 · 3 个时区。盐滩、煤镇、瓜田、桃园、世界最大温泉池、大陆分水岭、梵高的向日葵、堪萨斯的雷暴、和一本写着"40 周年纪念"的访客簿。
接下来不用急：返程（9 月中下旬，I-40 + 大峡谷，9/24 前到家）等你在纽约安顿好再规划。东岸周末露营清单（Hither Hills 海滩营 / Catskills / Assateague 野马滩 / 蓝蟹）也随时可以开工。
今晚只有一件事：把车停好，然后去见她。
今晚只有一件事：把车停好，然后去见她。
🏁 Day 7 · Sat 8/15 · Triadelphia WV → Jersey City (~470 mi) · the last day. The best weather of the entire trip: 29–30°C, sunny, 2–3% precipitation, clear from Ohio all the way to New York. You see Cassie tonight.
🗺️ The final leg (grey = the whole Santa Clara→Jersey City run · blue = today)
⏱️ The schedule (Eastern Time throughout — no more clock jumps)
| ~Time | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00–9:30 | Depart (Triadelphia WV) | Only 470 mi left — sleep properly; West Virginia was collected last night |
| done ✅ | 🏔️ West Virginia | You slept inside the 14-mile sliver east of Wheeling last night — state #8 collected |
| ~12:30 | Pennsylvania line · Washington PA | Lunch + charge. The Appalachians start here |
| (optional) ~13:00 | 🌉 The Pittsburgh detour | +40 min: take I-376 and come out of the Fort Pitt Tunnel — you burst from darkness and the entire city and its three rivers detonate in front of you at once. The best city entrance in America, full stop |
| ~15:00 | 🛣️ PA Turnpike · Breezewood | A legend among road nerds: the only place in the Interstate system where you must exit onto a surface street with traffic lights to get from one Interstate to another. 5 minutes of absurdity |
| ~15:30 | ⛰️ The Turnpike tunnels | Allegheny / Tuscarora / Kittatinny — bored in the 1940s, straight through the ridges. Drive-through checkpoints |
| ~17:00 | Harrisburg → I-78 east | Last charge + dinner. 170 miles to go after this |
| ~19:00–19:30 | 🗽 Jersey City · arrival | Newark → the Turnpike → the Manhattan skyline rises on your right → Central Ave |
🅿️ First thing on arrival: parking
| Tonight | Zone 16 (the Heights) is enforced 24 h — arriving Saturday night, read the signs at the kerb; the safe play is one night in a private garage/lot rather than a gamble |
| Monday, first thing | Go to the Parking Enforcement office for guest passes ($5/24 h) and ask in person what documents the resident permit ($15/year) needs |
| Long stay (1–2 months) | Resident permit → failing that, rent a private driveway (Spacer/Neighbor-type, $100–200/mo, prioritise one with an outdoor outlet) → failing that, a Journal Square monthly lot |
| The car itself | Starlink, boat, cooler, valuables — all upstairs. Long stays run Sentry OFF (8–12%/day is unpayable at a kerb) |
🏁 And then you're there
The ledger for this leg: ~2,900 miles · 7 days · 9 states · 3 time zones. Salt flats, coal towns, a melon town, a peach town, the world's largest hot-springs pool, the Continental Divide, Van Gogh's sunflowers, Kansas thunderstorms, and a visitor register with "40th Wedding Anniversary" written one line above your name.
Nothing after this is urgent: the return leg (mid-to-late September, I-40 + the Grand Canyon, home before Sep 24) gets planned once you're settled in New York. The east-coast weekend list (Hither Hills beach camping / the Catskills / Assateague's wild horses / blue crabbing) is ready whenever you want it.
Tonight there's only one item: park the car, then go find her.
Tonight there's only one item: park the car, then go find her.