New Jersey to the Lake Erie shore, west on I-78 & I-80
Leave early to beat the I-78 commuter crush near the NYC orbit. Route has tolls — keep the E-ZPass handy — and detours around an I-80 closure via PA-33. Tank up before the empty stretch west of Bloomsburg.
Listed roughly in the order you'll hit them. Pick a dog stop and a lunch stop that line up with when you actually need them — more options than you'll use, on purpose.