In article <000e01c13219$5bab2ac0$36cc0818@adubn1.nj.home.com>, Scott A.
Roberts <herald1200@home.com> writes
>> >I am curious and looking forward to taking Nigel up to San
>> >Francisco for a long-ish weekend in November. I haven't been on
>> >that long a trip with him before (about 8 hours of driving)-and
>> >all alone! (Eeee!) I've only been as far as half way there-and
>> >felt totally battered at the end!
>>
>> An eight hour drive in any car is too much for the average human being.
>
>I drive about 9 hours every day for work, go about 125-150 miles total,
>doing deliveries. I still enjoy driving, but this is getting annoying!
Fair enough - you are not driving non-stop for 9 hours.
>
>My favorite long ride story is about my 64 1/2 hour ride from Monterey
>California to Medford NJ solo in my F-150...Never even changed out of the
>uniform I signed out in! Straight through from Monterey to Mojave, got food
>& gas, then Mojave to New Mexico/Texas state line, got gas and oil after a 3
>hour nap, State line through Texas into Oklahoma, then into Arkansas, took a
>nap near Little Rock, then on to an hour west of Nashville, another nap,
>then directly home, arriving 16 hours later!
Naps are good. Naps are your friends. :-)
ATB
--
Mike
Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea"
http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html
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