Regarding free over nights

2gypsies wrote:

JaxDad wrote:


What's incredible to me is people driving for a few hours and stopping at some c/g in the middle of nowhere at 3pm and sitting around until mid-morning the next day and starting all over again. That '300 mile a day' thing is just unbelievable to me. I couldn't IMAGINE taking 5 days to drive from here to Florida!!!!!

Obviously, you're not retired yet or not a full-timer. :) If so, there's absolutely no need to put in those long driving miles. Plus, as one ages, it's dangerous to others.

Also, any campground in the middle of nowhere has something of interest to check out in the area. We don't go to campgrounds - even for a night - just to sit.

I tend to agree with JaxDad to some extent. I've always been comfortable behind the wheel, even on some pretty long runs. Last summer I drove from Rock Springs WY to my home here in a straight shot, 401 miles, without stopping for anything. Granted that I wasn't towing, but that's still a long run for a then 69 year old man, considering that I started the day in Idaho Falls ID. I was living the old adage about a horse smelling the barn. That's averaging 73 mph for the full trip, and only 2/3 is on the freeway.

I just crank up the tunes and go. I think part of my feeling on it is that I've spent my entire adult life living along the Rockies in Montana and Colorado, and it takes a long drive to get anywhere. I just got used to it, and age hasn't slowed me down all that much. When 2 of my friends and I all got home from our military service in 1971, we took a road trip to get reacquainted, 1500 miles in 3 days and never left Montana.

Even though I'm retired, I'll take each trip as it comes. If there is something interesting, or a pretty place to stop, great. If not I'm moving on until something piques my interest. I'll stop long enough for a good sleep, then on the road again. Driving at only 60-65 with the TT isn't anything like work for me.