Miles per day.

I've done 14 hours in a day, that's a lot and I've only done it once. I try and keep it between 8-10 max. But with a 2 week time for vacation you have to pack he miles in to get to where you want to be!

Not a MH, but TT and now 5er driving. Over the years the time on the road has changed and it also depends on the circumstances, length of trip, and length of stay.

In the past, when the kids were still little, we'd travel for hours on end to reach the destination point. Long driving days. When you are young yourself, you can do this.

When the kids no longer camped with us because they started their own lives with jobs and college and military service, and everything else, my wife and I learned to slow down. The "rush, rush, rush" wasn't so important any more. The entire travel event was just as important as the destination point. In other words, the "journey" was just as fun (if not more) than the actual destination point.

So, for those week long or 2 week long trips, we pick the end point destination spot, and then break the number of stops along the journey so we don't have to spend more than 6 hours actual drive time on the road. This built in nice cushion for stops along the way, restaurants, and side attractions that grab our attention.

As we've gotten older yet, that drive time is now about 4 hours, because we just enjoy monkeying around so much on our drive. We stop a lot. We'll drive 30 minutes and find another interesting land mark, another interesting restaurant, or need to stop for the dogs to potty (or us). We stop at almost every rest area on the interstates, just to stretch a bit, gab another snack and drink, use the facilities, walk the dogs and then move on.

Now granted, we do have exceptions also. April 2019 we traveled from South Carolina back to Indiana in one stretch and drove through the night because something came up and we needed to get back home. So, we can do it if we need to, we just choose not to if we don't have to.

The older we get, the more we slow down and enjoy the journey and the destination points seem to get closer and closer now.

I to have done the marathon drive of 1000+ miles at a time. Now I think 500 would be about the limit as most trips the last few years have been in the 3-400 mile range. 78 years old so I guess I am supposed to slow down some, maybe.

Anyone can go fast. Going slowly is the learned skill that takes practice.

Don and Dulce,

In the case that you have not gasped the theme here, Miles per Day is:
What you have to do because of the situation....
What you can do comfortably....

Our antique coach is very comfortable to drive, even still, we find 8~9 hours is plenty in any one day. In times past, when we had to do more, we did more. We also frequently co-drive. Having a real navigator in the right seat takes a lot of the load off the driver.

The important thing to always remember is that driving tired is an easy way to get dead.

Matt

i prefer no more than 300 miles per day but depends on where we are heading. most of our trips are 2 to 3 hour trips but last september we did an 8 day trip from home in north carolina to niagara falls for 3 days than back down to lancaster co. pa amish country for 3 days. spent 1 night going up to niagara falls in pa. and last night in virginia coming back home. longest stretch on one day was 9 hours from nc to pittsburgh area going north. we have a TT. on the 9 hour day my wife took a 3 hour shift driving.

ferndaleflyer wrote:
I to have done the marathon drive of 1000+ miles at a time. Now I think 500 would be about the limit as most trips the last few years have been in the 3-400 mile range. 78 years old so I guess I am supposed to slow down some, maybe.

Interesting that our driving experiences are mirrors and

really funny our age is the same ( 78 ) .

Hey its better than the alternative .

Yes I have slowed down too . In many ways I enjoy slowing down .

Been class A RVing for over 20 years & we are younger than many and not retired. We've had many long drive days over the years but present day my choice is a limit of about 10 hours.

I'm still in the working class (4896 days to go, but who's counting...), so 10-12 hour driving days start and end the annual big trip. If you want to show the kids the country, you gotta cross it!

But my preference would be 300 or so miles. Leave around 9a, arrive by 4p, stop and see things along the way. That's how the middle days of the big vacation are, and most local weekend trips.

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