If you mom can do the driving, you can sleep during the trip. I routinely drove 11 to 13 hour road trips. Stay hydrated and don't fall asleep with your head and neck in poor posture.

And stay away from the deer antler velvet and other strange concoctions. And, when driving Tennessee to Maryland, an area with plenty of deer and other wildlife crossing the road, know that it is safer to brake and drive straight into the animal than to swerve to try to avoid it. You don't owe your or anybody else's life to a deer crossing the road. Swerving to avoid animals causes more death and injuries as car collide with other cars or roll over or hit roadside obstacles.