Miles per day

Allworth wrote:
237.635

(SC, If you are going to be driving an RV after taking pain meds, let me know where you are going so I can avoid he area.)

I think I explained my method on another thread (or maybe another forum) I start out driving with no medication and drive with the pain until I can't take it anymore. When the pain becomes too much to take I take a pill and either pull into a rest stop or campground. I stop rest and nap and wait a few hours before driving again. Depending on how bad the pain is the distance I can drive can vary before I need to take another pill. The pill can take 20 to 40 minutes before it absorbs into my system, and sometimes I will take the pill when I am 5 miles away from a rest stop

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I am careful to take every possible precaution that will insure I am not under the influence of any drug while driving.mI worked hard all my adult life and I want to enjoy traveling, I do not want to spend the rest of my life staring at a TV because I became injured while preforming my duties

I mentioned this in another thread he is a quote

IT WAS POSTED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE ON THIS THREAD

"I also have back and knee problems which require me to take powerful pain killers. What I try to do is start out the drive without any drugs and suffer with the pain, after a few hours when the pain gets to be too much I take a pill and pull over to rest. By the time I have finished my nap the drugs are mostly out of my system so I begin driving again while I suffer in pain. When the pain gets to be too much to take anymore I take another pill and start the cycle all over again. That is one of the many advantages of driving with your bedroom behind you. There have been times when I was driving my car and stopped 2, 3 or more times in one day and paid full price for the room to nap for a few hours."

"Regardless of the cost I will never endanger the lives of other motorists if I feel my ability to drive has been impaired."

Travel about 5 hours and we start look for a place to park for the night, open a bottle of wine and relax for the night. Next day get up about 6 and on the road by 10 unless we decide to stay a little longer were ever we stopped. Being retired is great.......

10 hrs is a long day behind the wheel. We try to keep about a 8 hr target on vacations, we have done over 10 in the past. We are heading to Florida in a couple of months, we normally do one long day, then a short day on a 12 hour trip.

I do about six hours at most as a general rule. I may start doing less if I feel the least bit tired, don't really look at the mileage so much.

We have used the Ohio RV stops a couple of times. we have a 37ft class a and we tow a car. One place has pull thru sites and we did not have to unhook. actually had neighbors there, and shared a few drinks and stories. The other one we used is back in, so we had to unhook the car. The car is on a dolly, no backing that sucker up! $20, 50 amp power. Both times in summer, and seems safe to us. Saw police patrol a couple of times.

300 miles or 3:00 PM

silvercorvette wrote:

allen8106 wrote:
Not to mention the fact the for the last 4 hours of the trip my wife wouldn't speak to me she was so mad.

So what is so bad about that?:B

cause it should have been 6 hours.
bumpy

250 - 300 5 miles below posted limit. You always pay for long tow days in one way or another.
Ohio rest stops will not accomadate a 40 foot rig in the rv designated spots I believe there is a 30 foot limit.

237.635

(SC, If you are going to be driving an RV after taking pain meds, let me know where you are going so I can avoid he area.)

I've done 600 miles a few days in a row headed down south. Not again. I limit my dirves to 7-8 hrs tops and stop every coupla hours to top the tank and drain the bladder.