Doable or overly ambitious?

DutchmenSport wrote:
I think the passengers in your vehicle will determine how long a day you drive. YOU might be able to endure 21 hours of straight driving, but ... can they?

How ragged-out will everyone be after sitting, cramped up for hours upon hours, and how grouchy, tired, and irritable will everyone be, so much so, that they might not even care to see the destination. If every arrives completely exhausted, what fun will they have.

This is the largest factor of all. My kids will sleep most of the trip, we all did the drive home from Orlando in January of last year, 21 hours in total only stopping for fuel and two meals. My wife took over part of the driving while I got some rest. The main reason I am considering a TT is that when we have reached the point of having had enough of the highway, we can find a spot to stop and get some rest. Without it, we are at the mercy of finding a motel, and believe me, I have found some rather crappy ones that made me want to sleep in the car. The biggest thing I hate about traveling is the great unknown. What you expect when you book a room, and what you actually get can be quite disappointing. At least we narrowed down the sites, we were originally planning to hit Mount Rushmore, then Yellow stone and then the Grand Canyon, but after first finding out Yellowstone is more camping related than anything else, we changed the plans to just the Grand Canyon.

My rough estimate is I can make it there in two days, so plan on a Monday arrival, spend a couple days there, then a day up at Bryce, and then Friday head home and plan for a Sunday arrival home. My Chino drive got me to Denver CO by about 10 PM after leaving at 5 AM. I figure with the family split the distance in half and find a spot midway, then see what the hours to reach are as the starting point, if longer than 12, then divide the total by 3 and see where we land.

Does this sound like a reasonable plan? You're right though, with just me its easy, but I have 4 others to contend with too, thankfully the F150 is comfortable for all. The main reason I have it as my daily driver is the comfort, I cannot drive a car due to back issues, 1 hour in a car and I am in such pain I can barely get out of the car. I can drive all day in my truck and be fine. Another plus is both kids are no longer using booster seats, so there is plenty of room in the back for 3 people.