It’s roughly a 145-mile trip from my home in New York’s Capital Region to the New York Giants’ home at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.
Over the years I have made the trip many times to cover Giants games, as well as practices across the parking lot at the team’s Quest Diagnostics Training Center headquarters.
There is a certain rhythm to the game day trip.
On my trek down the New York State Thruway, I look for Giants bumper stickers or SUVs packed with items for a pre-game tailgate. When I make a pit stop along a Thruway rest stop I look for jerseys.