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jefe_4x4
Mar 24, 2016Explorer
I don't see anything good about the proposed trip. Of course it all depends. Of course it's my perspective. It depends on how bad you want to get to your destination. If the 'trip' is the destination, you need more time. You will have approaching no time to 'enjoy' having a truck and camper. If the destination is the destination, then why not fly or drive a car and motel-it.
Then again, last year we needed to get back from a funeral at Sand Point ID, to Nevada City, CA, about 900 miles. (there is no direct route) We left Sand Point at 3 a.m. and drove the whole way in one day arriving the same day @ 11:00 p.m. Here's the reason we even attempted the drive: We were in Jeanie's 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited. It made a world of difference compared to trips in the 10K pound, noisy, smoke belching wind break.
In 2003 we did the bucket trip to AK, covering 32 days: 9000 miles. We camped in the camper the whole time. The little secret was we traveled in spurts: sometimes only moving 100 miles; sometimes covering a 300 mile stretch. Oh, and the last 15 days were in almost constant daylight. It's easy to have Jeanie's famous, "Tequila Sunset" even if the sun does not go down
I'd get another plan. I keep hearing the lyrics to Paul Simon's 50 ways to leave your lover; "make a new plan, Stan".
jefe
Then again, last year we needed to get back from a funeral at Sand Point ID, to Nevada City, CA, about 900 miles. (there is no direct route) We left Sand Point at 3 a.m. and drove the whole way in one day arriving the same day @ 11:00 p.m. Here's the reason we even attempted the drive: We were in Jeanie's 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited. It made a world of difference compared to trips in the 10K pound, noisy, smoke belching wind break.
In 2003 we did the bucket trip to AK, covering 32 days: 9000 miles. We camped in the camper the whole time. The little secret was we traveled in spurts: sometimes only moving 100 miles; sometimes covering a 300 mile stretch. Oh, and the last 15 days were in almost constant daylight. It's easy to have Jeanie's famous, "Tequila Sunset" even if the sun does not go down
I'd get another plan. I keep hearing the lyrics to Paul Simon's 50 ways to leave your lover; "make a new plan, Stan".
jefe
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