We travel from Massachusetts to the south a lot. We also go to Virginia Beach often. We have stayed in Newburg NY KOA a few times which is closed in winter and at a county park called Croton on Hudson in Croton NY in the winter many times. Then we cross the Tappen Zee to head towards Garden State Parkway. It is our understanding that we can not go over the bottom part of GW with propane. We have gone across the top of GW three times with the camper coming north to our home. One during nightmarish horrible rush hour traffic and the other two times on a Sunday and just last week on Saturday. Sunday was not bad. Last Saturday we lucked out and although there was some stop and go traffic it wasn't too bad and we made pretty good time.We have also driven to and into NYC may times with no RV. I was also under the impression that RV's are not allowed in the city but I could be wrong.In my imagination it would be even worse than the DC Beltway during rush hour!!!!
We stopped in Virginia Beach last week on our way home. We normally stay at First Landing State Park but it is closed for the winter. We had a good stay for one night at the KOA. Our favorite thing to do in VB is to ride our bikes on the boardwalk. Enjoy your trip.