On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 1:31 AM, Richard Golen <rgolen@hotmail.com> wrote: > Good Evening! > > > My wife, son and I are going to take our Westy on a road trip next week > from our house (south of Boston) to Sarasota, FL. It appears to be a 24 hour > trip. My wife thinks it would be neat to making the trip non-stop (other > than gas, food, etc.). > > Admittedly some 25+ years ago I would do this at a drop of the proverbial > drop of the hat, and in fact have done it a couple of times. But being an > "old fart" I have some trepidations in doing a straight through drive. My > endurance, eye sight, etc. ain't what it used to be. > > The plan is to leave next Friday at 6pm drive through the night and arrive > early Sat evening. > > Any hints, suggestions, etc? Red Bull? "speedballs"? espresso? 3 hrs > driving, 3hrs off?? > > Yeah, why on earth would you want to do that? Or if you insist on it, six-hour shifts, one sleeps while another drives? Is your son of driving age? With three drivers, it shouldn't actually be that big a deal. But I'd suggest you find some nice vanagonauts in, say, Virginia, and stop at their place en route, go out for dinner, enjoy their company, sleep soundly in your van in the driveway, in the morning have a shower and a nice breakfast, and then continue on your way. Reverse the procedure on the way home. Consider their company one of the nicer parts of your trip.
Joy |
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