Dallas to D.C. for my cousins 30th birthday. Drove back the next day or the day after.
You got all kinds of learnin' and you made me look the fool without tryin', and yet here I am with a gun to your head. That's 'cause I got people with me. People who trust each other, who do for each other, and ain't always lookin' for the advantage.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Daisy Jane - Aug 30, 2007 4:52:17 pm PDT #7828 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Zenkitty - Aug 30, 2007 4:54:19 pm PDT #7829 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I think my longest drive was Central NJ to just east of Nashville. That's one I've done a few times. It's like 18 hours each way. I do not think I will do it again.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 30, 2007 4:58:50 pm PDT #7830 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I did Jonesboro AR to Minneapolis (19 hours) in one fell swoop back in 1996. I came over the rise before the bridge from St. Paul right at sunset, in the middle of a hot air balloon race. It was like driving into a postcard.
Zenkitty - Aug 30, 2007 5:00:51 pm PDT #7831 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
And you were giddy from exhaustion which only made it prettier! 19 hours at a stretch, dude. I'd die.
Liese S. - Aug 30, 2007 5:02:45 pm PDT #7832 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yup. Our distance comparisons got all whacked out here. Six hours is about a good driving shift, time to switch up. But then, we generally changed halfway through our shorter trips, just because.
But when we do five and a half hours regularly, and we used to do forty-five minutes just to get to the grocery, it does tend to put other road trips in perspective.
Cashmere - Aug 30, 2007 5:03:29 pm PDT #7833 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I can't drive more than five hours at a stretch without falling asleep at the wheel. Anything more than a 7 hour drive and I'm going to fly.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 30, 2007 5:07:46 pm PDT #7834 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
If I can work up the gumption after dinner, I may go see Lord T and Eloise perform.
sarameg - Aug 30, 2007 5:12:28 pm PDT #7835 of 10001
My family used to drive up to MN and Ill from southernmost NM just about every summer. However, usually without a/c and camping with 2 kids, so it was broken up into 3 or 4 days.
beekaytee - Aug 30, 2007 5:35:47 pm PDT #7836 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
I drove from DC to Oakland in a big-ass moving truck for some friends who'd moved in a hurry. It took me 4 days and them quite by surprise. "We didn't expect you for two weeks!" Books on tape and an iron will. I can do anything!!
BigDuluth - Aug 30, 2007 5:50:25 pm PDT #7837 of 10001
"I am the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world"
Beej I too have discovered books on tape. They keep me from having to take pit-stop mid trip naps. Mid trip naps in your car SUCK in summer months.