Road trip methodology

[Zanza]

I would stop along the way to visit sights, eat and sleep. I could not even drive that long and keep concentrated enough to drive safely.

[DGuller]

I've never taken a really long road trip, but generally I do try to drive somewhere with a more interesting scenery than noise-absorbing barriers.  The only problem with this is that it takes a lot more mental energy for me to drive on local roads, and if you make a driving mistake due to tiredness on a two-lane road, the consequences could be pretty bad.

[PDH]

I can do the insane drive thing - when I came out to Santa Cruz I drove a U-haul from Laramie to Elko, Nevada.  Next day to Santa Cruz.  Then in a bit over a month I flew back to get my car I had left with a friend.  Flew in to Denver on a Friday, went up to Laramie, got my car and drove to Western Wyoming where I crashed at a friend's house.  Next morning at about 3am I left and drove straight through to Santa Cruz - maybe 16 hours.

I can do the long haul, I just don't like to do it.

[Gups]

Definately in the make the trip a part of the holiday guy. Always used to break up 500 mile journeys to the south of France with two hour lunch breaks and a stay in a hotel. A 250 mile trip to Cornwall will include a long stop for a pub lunch and a short walk. Mpotorway service stations to be avoided for anything other than petrol.  Fortunately the wife takes the same view.

[crazy canuck]

When I was younger I was very much a point A - B directly and as quickly as possible.  Sleep is for the weak.

Then I married Mrs. CC - very much a smell the flowers along the way personality.

Thinking back on it, that was one of our biggest conflict points.

But she has moved me very much to her way of thinking.  The journey is very much more important than the destination now - but we still have a lot of fun when we get there.  So maybe the best of both worlds. 

[mongers]

Damn, some of you guys sure have driven a lot; I've probably only driven around 70-80,000 in total so far in life. 

[merithyn]

When I was younger I was very much a point A - B directly and as quickly as possible.  Sleep is for the weak.

Then I married Mrs. CC - very much a smell the flowers along the way personality.

Thinking back on it, that was one of our biggest conflict points.

But she has moved me very much to her way of thinking.  The journey is very much more important than the destination now - but we still have a lot of fun when we get there.  So maybe the best of both worlds. 

How? How did she convince you?

[merithyn]

Damn, some of you guys sure have driven a lot; I've probably only driven around 70-80,000 in total so far in life. 

It's a North American pastime. Before the pandemic, I drove 600+ miles for a weekend trip at least once a month.

[Threviel]

I've grown fond of the motorhome, very much a stop and look around every few hours vehicle.

[Duque de Bragança]

Paris-Bragança is more or less 14 hours (1400 km roughly), with some good driving practice and stamina, and somebody with you to alternate or just be the navigator in pre-GPS, a few breaks to fill the tank plus eat and drink  lightly, is doable in a point A to B way, through the ™Crossroads of the World™, of course. Well, not anymore there has been a bypass for Zamora for quite a while now.

So 0800 to 2200 for day people, night for night people obviously. Less traffic being the advantage.

Mind you, this would be done mostly for summer holidays, possibly Christmas as well so 2 to 4 times per annum maximum.

When the TGV makes is through the wild Basque lands, this will be probably less interesting, unless you need to move lots of stuff around.

[PDH]

When the TGV makes is through the wild Basque lands, this will be probably less interesting, unless you need to move lots of stuff around.

Won't you have to worry about wild tribespeople cutting off your supply lines?

[mongers]

I've grown fond of the motorhome, very much a stop and look around every few hours vehicle.

Yes, Threviel your road trip AAR from a couple of years ago was rather interesting; something I'd like to have a go at myself on the continent.

[Richard Hakluyt]

Paris-Bragança is more or less 14 hours (1400 km roughly), with some good driving practice and stamina, and somebody with you to alternate or just be the navigator in pre-GPS, a few breaks to fill the tank plus eat and drink  lightly, is doable in a point A to B way, through the ™Crossroads of the World™, of course. Well, not anymore there has been a bypass for Zamora for quite a while now.

So 0800 to 2200 for day people, night for night people obviously. Less traffic being the advantage.

Mind you, this would be done mostly for summer holidays, possibly Christmas as well so 2 to 4 times per annum maximum.

When the TGV makes is through the wild Basque lands, this will be probably less interesting, unless you need to move lots of stuff around.

I got the bus from Paris to Coimbra once (and back obvs), really nice people on the bus, mostly Portuguese with fairly basic jobs in Paris. It took a long time but was very cheap.

[Threviel]

I've grown fond of the motorhome, very much a stop and look around every few hours vehicle.

Yes, Threviel your road trip AAR from a couple of years ago was rather interesting; something I'd like to have a go at myself on the continent.

That was an interesting once-in-a-lifetime event. Made a francophile out of a francophobe.

We're planning a BeNeFra-trip, but I fear that will have to wait until 2021.

[garbon]

Damn, some of you guys sure have driven a lot; I've probably only driven around 70-80,000 in total so far in life. 

I miss my car.