How many hours a day do you drive?
Ive seen many people ask "how many miles do you think I can drive per day" and the answers are all over the place for a verity of reasons. So lets ask it a little differently: When you travel with...
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It depends on a lot of circumstances for everyone but as retired and constantly traveling full-timers we have stayed within 4-6 hours on the road, including misc. stops. Sometimes we'd only drive an hour or two, depending where we wanted to explore.
If we were traveling for a couple days in a row which was rare, we took turns for driving days so we could each concentrate on the scenery. This was very important for the summer on the Alaska trip.
We rarely drove interstates unless that was the only way from A to B but only for the shortest distance before getting off on another secondary road. To us, this was a very relaxing way of travel. We didn't want to pass up anything of interest. When retired there's no reason to put in long driving days. It keeps your blood pressure down!
If we were traveling for a couple days in a row which was rare, we took turns for driving days so we could each concentrate on the scenery. This was very important for the summer on the Alaska trip.
We rarely drove interstates unless that was the only way from A to B but only for the shortest distance before getting off on another secondary road. To us, this was a very relaxing way of travel. We didn't want to pass up anything of interest. When retired there's no reason to put in long driving days. It keeps your blood pressure down!
