7000 miles and 20 states in 58 days.
I'm posting our trip partly for my future reference. The main reason and only reservations during this trip was for the Albuquerque balloon fest in early October. This is probably our 10th trip out We...
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Mr.Mark wrote:
Ivylog, amazing trip. You sure drove some long days! 300-350 is about max for me.
MM.
MM, having owned a Dynasty you know how well it handles so long days are not that tiring. At the beginning of a day where I want to put in a lot of miles I rarely know where I'll end up. When I get tired I pull over and go to sleep. When I wake up I turn on the coffee pot and hit the road. Rarely do I have to make a special stop to use the bathroom...normally I only have to use it when getting fuel every 500+ miles.
I still do the 1500 miles from N GA to CO in two days as there is not anything between that I need to see again. 750 miles/day is not tiring for me yet... when it does tire me I'll drop down to 500 and three days.
If I used the 2-2-2 rule it would take two day to get through Kansas. As the DW says, the best way to see Kansas is at night or from 30,000'. Once I get to someplace of interest...the Rocky Mountains for us, I slow down. My personal best is 10 miles in one day.
I knew including CA in this trip would require more miles/day and only staying two days in most places of interest, BUT it had been 10+ years since we had been there and I doubt we'll be back.
