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Hillbl3 t1_jcvzfcu wrote

If your only firm goal is dinner and a hotel room, the answer is there is no difference. You will find food and lodging to be roughly on par with each other on average. I wouldn't consider one any safer than the other. Nor one any 'nicer' than the other.

The section of 15 through southern Perry county is especially tiresome, although you'll most likely end up taking 581/81/322 to go around so maybe it doesn't matter. On the other hand, the western route will take you through the infamous Breezewood not-interchange.

Yeah, six of one, half-dozen the other.

One thing I will say is don't plan on making good time leaving DC on a Friday at 4. Traffic could very easily cost you an extra hour (or worse) trying to get out of the city.

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MikeJeffriesPA OP t1_jcw0hkp wrote

We'll be taking the Metro to Bethesda, MD (that's where our hotel is) and then driving out of there, should I expect the same kind of issue as far as traffic?

And thank you for the heads up, should I aim to just have dinner in Breezewood, since we'll likely be crawling through there anyway?

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Hillbl3 t1_jcw1vql wrote

I can't say you will or you won't have issues, just be aware there is the very large variance typically associated with rush hours that the roads can just barely handle. And there will be a lot of people on every route out.

While Breezewood certainly has places to eat I cannot endorse monetarily rewarding the tomfoolery that has led to it's continued existence.

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MikeJeffriesPA OP t1_jcw3ejv wrote

Haha fair enough, thank you.

We're eating at Ambar Capitol Hill for lunch, so the plan is to eat enough that we won't even want dinner until late. I'm also generally fine with traffic, I've done a lot of Toronto driving in my life, so as long as i know what to expect and can plan accordingly, I should be good.

But I get what you're saying, plan for up to 4 hours of driving, traffic could be a nightmare.

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