night moves

I used to that as well but as age creeps up on you I am really glad to get off the road before dark and get setup somewhere.

Much more enjoyable to me to listen to the nature night sounds then the clap clap of the long road haha...

We don't go as far these days as we used to also... Was only a RV TRAVELER for a short time. Now we would rather camp off-road somewhere back on a creek bed stream and live some with the nature night sounds... This is what we call RV CAMPING... haha...

Also can't see as well as I did back in those days...

Roy Ken

I've driven cars, ridden motorcycles, and driven various tow vehicles, day, night in all kinds of weather.
These days, I'm retired with ( mostly ) no schedule to keep, so I limit my road miles to daytime only as much as I can.
My biggest concerns at night is increased animal activity ( deer, etc ) and the simple fact there are more drunk drivers on the road at night.

When our kids were small we did all of our driving at night while they slept and spent the day enjoying wherever we were. Both DW and I share the driving so we both still got a decent amount of sleep and worked in naps poolside, at the park.... Whatever. Now that we are empty nesters in our fifties we we drove during the night only to get through major cities and high traffic areas avoiding the "rush hours". We can zip through from 10:pm to 5:am what would take hours of bumper to bumper traffic during the weekdays.

When I'm towing, I'd rather have all the advantages I can get - including driving during the daylight. If I'm looking for driving when it's cooler, I'd rather leave at 5am and be done driving before noon.

When we are young we think we are invincible so yes towing at night was no big thing in our minds.

Now that I am older I prefer not to tow at night. It's just not safe. Sure there is usually less traffic. The main problem is changing lanes. Lights in the mirror can play tricks...is there a vehicle next to me or not. It's tough to see curbs, overhanging branches, holes, road defect or other obstacles.

I try to tow from first light to beat the traffic and then stop around 3PM to setup camp for the night.

I try to tow from first light to beat the traffic and then stop around 3PM to setup camp for the night.

That is normally the way we travel. Love leaving at first light and pulling into the next stop early. Gives us time to relax and prepare supper, then enjoy the evening.

However, we have traveled though the night on several occasions and would not hesitate to do it again if the whim strikes us. The only disadvantage of traveling through the night that I can see is if we were to have a breakdown. Night time darkness could really compound the emergency situation.

I do it lots of times. All depends on the circumstances.

I would tow at night only if I had to. We do the 6 hour/300 mile per day thing. We like to set up in the light and take it easy. To us, that's what it's all about.

GrandpaKip wrote:
I would tow at night only if I had to. We do the 6 hour/300 mile per day thing. We like to set up in the light and take it easy. To us, that's what it's all about.

Yep, me too!

Having worked 12 hr. rotating shifts my whole career driving at night, during the day, mid-afternoon into the evening is just driving.

Just depends on what you're use to doing.

Been retired for 12 yrs and still find myself on 'nightshift'