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Apr 10, 2015Explorer II
When I was a kid our family did many vacation trips where all we did was travel, just tourist stops and overnights. There was no destination where we stayed more than a day. It is called a road trip.
My wife's family did not do this, they always had a long-stay (at least 2-3 days) destination at one end of the drive. So I did not do road trips with my wife and children, it was something we started doing in the RV, after retirement. My wife's tolerance in the latter years of her life was about two weeks.
But we did the other thing too, with family in Florida. In the '50s it was about three days each way from Detroit to Brockville, so we would have a week there. I-75 cut it down to two days, then one very long day as it got built deeper into Central Florida. So we could have at least 10 days at destination.
Both vacation modes are valid, as are also cruises, flying to foreign cities and tropical beaches.
However, I try to manage my road trips to 200-400 miles a day, with 3-4 hours a day visiting things along the way. Because, if there is not some place I have to get to, then why push it beyond what is relaxed and enjoyable?
My wife's family did not do this, they always had a long-stay (at least 2-3 days) destination at one end of the drive. So I did not do road trips with my wife and children, it was something we started doing in the RV, after retirement. My wife's tolerance in the latter years of her life was about two weeks.
But we did the other thing too, with family in Florida. In the '50s it was about three days each way from Detroit to Brockville, so we would have a week there. I-75 cut it down to two days, then one very long day as it got built deeper into Central Florida. So we could have at least 10 days at destination.
Both vacation modes are valid, as are also cruises, flying to foreign cities and tropical beaches.
However, I try to manage my road trips to 200-400 miles a day, with 3-4 hours a day visiting things along the way. Because, if there is not some place I have to get to, then why push it beyond what is relaxed and enjoyable?
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