Long Trip Considerations
Greetings, Travelers!! The wife and I are planning our first LONG excursion, starting in SoCal, North to Seattle, then East to the Mississippi before heading home through Kansas City. The itinerary ...
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We take a 5000 - 6000 mile trip every year. We still work so it's on a 3 week time frame. We run on the interstates, and usually drive 9-10 hrs a day. Which is fine with us. The captains chairs in the Ford E450 are very comfy, and we trade off for driving duties. Once it starts getting dark we find a rest stop or truck stop and have dinner and go to sleep. Our motto while on our vacation is " just go with it". A good way to find some cool things along your route is to stop at the state visitor centers. The drive and the sites along the way are usually just as interesting as the destinationa. A person once told me that there are only 2 essential things you must have on a vacation... A credit card and a sense of humor. :W
