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I learned that anything is possible driving a $50 '48 Chev from Wisconsin to Baton Rouge non-stop, on US-51 in December. It was so much fun, I did the non-stop scenic route return through West Virginia, dodging suicidal coal trucks. By then, second gear was gone, and I had to buy two tires along the way, buck apiece. What made it tiring was about a quarter turn of play in the wheel. Two straight all-niters, but hey, I was 19. Don't remember eating anything except some roadsside-grilled steaks shoplifted by hitch-hikers while I was paying for gas. No fast food drive-ins in those days. Afterwards I couldn't remember Chicago, I must have driven through in my sleep.
But I was hooked, and I ate up trips like that in the future. I loved my life.
My first road trip from Boston to Atlanta with an old boyfriend. He had made it a point to go to AAA to get a triptik. This was in the mid-1990's and pre-GPS. It was a spiral bound map with many pages detailing our route. As he drove, he would ask me what page we were on. Longest trip ever.
On the other hand, I took many solitary road trips that were much longer, but more relaxing and the miles just flew by. And I prefer solitary travel, so that I can impulsively get off an exit for food or antique picking.
Kansas is equivalent to driving the Cali coast compared with eastern Wyoming. Take I25 North from Denver up through Cheyenne. Then there is a very rural state highway that cuts over to the South Dakota border to get to Mount Rushmore. Even if god does exist he doesn’t visit that part of the country.
Worst trip ever: Phoenix to Dallas in a rented truck. Driving through Texas is boring and the truck kept overheating.
Best trip ever: Phoenix to Los Angeles back in the 70s (before AZ's section of I-10). Drove the state roads at night when it was cooler, in a convertible with the top down, a gazillion stars above.
i would say it has to be France from England , we set off on the Friday stayed over at a Hotel in England then set off via Ferry and got there about 8pm on Saturday night , was completely knackered and then slept for 12 hours.
Shreveport, LA to McAllen,Tx, in a cammed 1980s 5.0gt dumped pre-axle with no cats through flows.
Probably the one Im going to have to make in the next couple of days. Get off work today, drive 8/9 hours there, 8/9 hours back, work for a day or so, then turn around and do it again Thursday or Friday. Im sure my wife will drive some, but Ill have to do the majority of it.
Hard to say because time heals all wounds, but the most tiring in recent memory was a drive from Florida panhandle to Texas. It was by no means the longest, having done Texas to DC and Texas to Michigan straight. And it was a drive I have done over a dozen times. But this time it was raining hard the whole way. Driving in hard rain can be mentally exhausting because you have to drive slower and be alert every second. I find an hour in heavy rain more taxing than 3 hours in clear weather.
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