Has anyone done the LI to Oswego drive? (Syracuse, Stony Brook: how much, gas)

[OhBeeHave]

I need an idea as to how long this is going to take. DS is going up for a tour and I need to know how much drive time (and caffeine to allow for coming from Stony Brook.

Mapquest is telling me close to 7 hours; I've driven up to Pulaski for fishing and it has been a shorter ride than that, just wondering if maybe mapquest is giving me a default time at 55mph.

[hotkarl]

Actually 6 or 7 hours sounds right. 55/65 MPH, pee pee and gas breaks, munchie stops...You always try to do everything at once to stop less frequently, but it don't always work out that way

[TeaJay]

Ah, my alma mater. Are you going up 17 to 81 or through PA and Jersey? The PA/NJ route seemed a little faster but my dad later became partial to the NYS Thruway to Syracuse, then 81. I came to prefer that way myself because I like to stop often. So to answer your question, I'd say closer to 7 hours. Have fun! Try to get a meal at Canales if they are still open- best Italian anywhere!

[hotkarl]

And watch out for those troopers. I swear they have a claoking device that makes them invisible...

[OhBeeHave]

Thanks! I was considering GWB 4/17/thruway(NJ to the first tolls) to Quickway/81.

My next question is -- once outside of Syracuse, what's the best way up to Oswego?