Road trip methodology

[celedhring]

I don't drive, so I'm always a passenger. But on long road trips (god, I miss those  ) we usually try to find in-between stops with interesting sights, even if it means taking a slight detour.

[merithyn]

It's like you don't listen.

We'll be driving through June 26th or 27th, depending on when and where we decide to sleep. If I'm lucky, I'll be able to get him to stop for a meal with you. Forget sailing.

He sounds lame. Dump him.

Apparently, he sounds like most of the guys on this forum.... 

[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?

30 years of marriage has an effect on a guy 

Yeah, not likely. Men have a shelf life in my world.

[merithyn]

I don't drive, so I'm always a passenger. But on long road trips (god, I miss those  ) we usually try to find in-between stops with interesting sights, even if it means taking a slight detour.

Mi compadre!

[merithyn]

I would be happy to meet you guys for dinner, or lunch, or whatever meal works for when you are passing through.

I'll have my people call your people and we'll make this happen.

[grumbler]

Road trips and long-distance drives are different, in my mind.

A road trip is about the trip.  You stop where you want to stop, you plan a different return route so that you can see new things, and you don't worry about a specific time to arrive at any destination.

A long-distance drive is about travelling as quickly as is reasonable, so as to maximize time at the destination.

Books on CD are a godsend for long-distance drives.  Your library has them.

[katmai]

I agree with Mr. Blue. I feel dirty now.

[Valmy]

It's like you don't listen.

We'll be driving through June 26th or 27th, depending on when and where we decide to sleep. If I'm lucky, I'll be able to get him to stop for a meal with you. Forget sailing.

He sounds lame. Dump him.

Apparently, he sounds like most of the guys on this forum.... 

I mean I am sure there is something worth stopping at on the long drives across the Texas wasteland I could stop at. Lubbock probably has an impressive tumble weed museum but meh.

Also I never did road trips until my wife came along so you can blame her for us not stopping off in the desert and checking out the local cacti

[katmai]

Both of my trips with Tricky Dick were road trips with stops planned along the way. What you are doing seems different in planning to spend bulk of vacation in Mass, so why waste time visiting likes of Berkut and just go to intended destination.

[Admiral Yi]

Apparently, he sounds like most of the guys on this forum.... 

What did we do wrong this time?

[Richard Hakluyt]

Both of my trips with Tricky Dick were road trips with stops planned along the way. What you are doing seems different in planning to spend bulk of vacation in Mass, so why waste time visiting likes of Berkut and just go to intended destination.

Happy days 

Thinking about it I have done both long-distance drives and road-trips (as defined by grumbler) with my wife (who hates planes). The last long drive was from Preston to Argelès-sur-Mer (near Perpignan). That is a 16 hour or 1060 mile drive Google tells me; we did it in two days and it was a horrible slog; no drives since then, only road-trips.

[katmai]

Both of my trips with Tricky Dick were road trips with stops planned along the way. What you are doing seems different in planning to spend bulk of vacation in Mass, so why waste time visiting likes of Berkut and just go to intended destination.

Happy days 

Thinking about it I have done both long-distance drives and road-trips (as defined by grumbler) with my wife (who hates planes). The last long drive was from Preston to Argelès-sur-Mer (near Perpignan). That is a 16 hour or 1060 mile drive Google tells me; we did it in two days and it was a horrible slog; no drives since then, only road-trips.

yeah my trips to Washington and back to Alaska were just power through to destination. I don't like those, but circumstances dictated it.

[mongers]

I've not been inside a vehicle moved by an ICE or electric motor in 433 days, is that an anti-road trip?

[Eddie Teach]

That's a strange flex.

[The Brain]

I've not been inside a vehicle moved by an ICE or electric motor in 433 days, is that an anti-road trip?

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