Driving - Day or Night

Day - east coast

Well...day/night depends on the season right? When we are leaving home and traveling through Seattle/Portland or any larger area, we are usually done with those areas before 5am (Winter=Night, Summer=Day). Our 7 year old loves to get up in the middle of the night to start our early morning drives.

Depends on where we are going. When we go from western mass to myrtle beach I leave around 7:00 pm get through NYC around 9:30 pm and through richmond before there is any traffic. Then it is clear sainling the rest of the way down 95. Driving at night allow you to go through big cities and not have to take the longer route to avoid them, saves time, gas and money. Of course I work nights so not a problem sleep wise.

We do both. I prefer to drive at night. There's a lot less traffic on the road at night. With a camper it isn't always practical though.

Often times, we'll depart in the middle of the night to benefit from a quiet ride at first and then get to our destination early. We have yet to get to a campground before check-in and been turned away.

-Michael

I can and will drive any time day or night but prefer the night time for driving. The tires run cooler, less traffic on the highways, less traffic as the gas pumps, fewer distractions in the cab of the truck.

I've been southwest through NM, AZ, CA, NV, northwest through KS, NE, SD, ID, WY, OR, WY.

We leave for one of our 10 to 12 hour drives at 4:00 am by the time the sun comes up we are well into our drive. This isn't an everyday thing usually every 2 or 3 days to cross the USA. We know the inter states and use them for this activity.

We mostly drive during the day (not on SS just yet). But sometimes the schedule works out well to leave home after a workday and drive toward our destination. I will only do this if I know the route, and most importantly, if I know where I will be pulling off to catch some sleep. I will not back into a site, nor setup camp in the dark if there is anyway to avoid it.

I have no problem driving a 12-14 hour day if it fits a schedule. Basically sunup to sundown.

West coast is home, travel to any of the western states.

Between dawn and noon, Midwest. Get up and out of dodge before rush hour, 1/2 way to wherever before the kids wake up, and at our destination early enough not to have eaten up a whole day driving.

Early morning/day. We're in our 30s, no kids, but my husband isn't that experienced of a tower, so he's pretty much done after 6-7 hours. We aim to be out of our metro area by 7am to avoid most of the traffic.

I'm always amazed at the folks who take their giant motorhomes or trailers through cities during rush hour... like, couldn't you plan your day a bit better to not do that?

Day. I think we have RVs so we don't have to drive at night. West Coast both