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.
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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.
And you were giddy from exhaustion which only made it prettier! 19 hours at a stretch, dude. I'd die.
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.
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.
If I can work up the gumption after dinner, I may go see Lord T and Eloise perform.
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.
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!!
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.
I love books on tape for long car trips. But, I occassionally still need the mid trip nap. And you're right, BD, mid trip naps in the summer are NOT fun. Of course, they're also not fun at Christmas when it's really cold out, either.
Holy frijole, I'm wiped.
Took Emmett to practice and got pressed into service. Not only had to hit fly balls to the outfielders (which I haven't done in four years, though I did have some pleasingly high and deep bombs), also had to catch for all the pitchers. Six pitchers times twenty pitches is a long time to be squatting on these 46 y.o. knees.