We'll commonly wander up a dirt road a bit to spend the night. Just enough to get out of the view of traffic. I've always had a hard time with this technique in Southern California. Too darned crowded. Karl Wolz ----- Original Message ----- From: "BRENT CHRISTENSEN" <bchristensen@INFOGENESIS.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 6:50 PM Subject: Re: Any secrets for staying awake at the wheel?(little vanagoncon tent)
> This thread about staying awake reminded me of a story supposedly about > Winston Churchill. It is said that he never actually slept for any great > period of time during the war, but would rather doze off in a comfortable > chair with his pocket watch in his hand. When he zonked out completely, his > hand would open, the watch would drop, and he would awake refreshed and > ready for battle. > > I have found that short naps like that will do wonders, and don't take too > long. (In fact if I doze for more than about 15 minutes, it makes me too > groggy to continue) The trick is that it usually takes longer to find a > safe-looking spot for the nap than the actual nap itself. :-) > > Brent Christensen > '89 GL Syncro Westy > Santa Barbara, CA |
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