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MacroGuru
08-13-2008, 02:44 PM
Yeah....with the cost of airfare going through the roof and having to buy 5 tickets to fly the family I thought I would be smart and save about $1000 and drive back to Utah for the family reunion.

The trip from Buffalo to Utah took us two days (32 hours total drive time), the kids were great and it was a happy time as it was so easy.

Que the week of family activities, and it was hectic. Then our drive home...Wife ended up getting sick, stopping almost every hour on the 2nd day out...turned a 2 1/2 day drive into 3 with us driving almost 24 hours straight so it would not turn into 4.

My 3 year old was a trooper though, up until he got sick of the car seat, then it was a constant cry and whine session....the 8 year old...different story and my 11 year old was a blessing for us.

Needless to say, I won't be doing this again....:banghead:
jeheinz72
08-13-2008, 02:50 PM
In other news, water is wet.

In seriousness though, I feel your pain. We drive up and down most of California bi-monthly, I could only imagine cross-country.
M GO BLUE!!!
08-13-2008, 03:03 PM
Well, at least you got to spend some quality time with those you love most.

Did your mother-in-law die on the trip, and you put her on her son's deck with a note?
clemsonfan
08-13-2008, 03:32 PM
He also tied the dog to his bumper.
MacroGuru
08-13-2008, 03:52 PM
LOL!

Naw, I flirted with a supermodel while driving though!

:popcorn:

The wife and I talked about the movie though when an Audi with two hot girls drove by..
CamEdwards
08-13-2008, 03:53 PM
My wife did the trip from VA to OK every summer for three years. I, thankfully, managed to avoid the trip... because that was with FIVE kids.
JeeberD
08-14-2008, 09:44 AM
Drove from Muscatine, Iowa to Denton in a 17 foot UHaul Tuesday. No fun, no fun at all. I can only imagine what you had to be going through...
Cringer
08-14-2008, 09:49 AM
I need to start a business where I drive people across country. Crap, a 32 hour drive should be just that, 32 hours. No more, no exceptions, I can get that done.
johnnyshaka
08-14-2008, 10:31 AM
I need to start a business where I drive people across country. Crap, a 32 hour drive should be just that, 32 hours. No more, no exceptions, I can get that done.

You could probably do pretty well at it...just advertise outside of Greyhound stations.
Cringer
08-14-2008, 12:35 PM
You could probably do pretty well at it...just advertise outside of Greyhound stations.

Hey, don't knock it. No one is getting beheaded at my fictional company like Greyhound, and you don't have to worry about some weirdo trying to feel you up. Unless you piss me off or tell me it's ok to feel up your wife. Plus it's in a car, we can go more places then a bus.
MacroGuru
08-14-2008, 12:42 PM
Hey, don't knock it. No one is getting beheaded at my fictional company like Greyhound, and you don't have to worry about some weirdo trying to feel you up. Unless you piss me off or tell me it's ok to feel up your wife. Plus it's in a car, we can go more places then a bus.

Actually, you would probably be one of the only ones I would feel comfortable driving me across the country (I think you have before!) but my wife in your presence....I don't know...
Cringer
08-14-2008, 02:01 PM
I said nothing happens unless I am given permission. If I get arrested then I am out of business.
Lorena
10-10-2008, 02:06 PM
Not really across country, but we're gonna drive to So. Cal for Thanksgiving so we'll be on the road for a total of about 40 hours, as it's a 20 hour trip each way.

When we lived in Phoenix, we'd drive 6 hours to So.Cal all the time and the kids were used to it, but this is gonna be an extra 4 hours.. should be interesting. I love me some roadtrips though.
MikeVic
10-10-2008, 02:09 PM
Have fun! Send me some cornbread and pumpkin pie. :D
Bobble
10-10-2008, 02:42 PM
If I get arrested then I am out of business.

Not mention...you know...arrested.
Alan T
10-10-2008, 02:49 PM
I have a tough enough time driving with three kids 5 hours to see my sister who lives in Canada.. I can't imagine going longer drives then that. I think I would lose my mind.
MikeVic
10-10-2008, 03:02 PM
Go Canada!
Butter
10-10-2008, 03:23 PM
Not really across country, but we're gonna drive to So. Cal for Thanksgiving so we'll be on the road for a total of about 40 hours, as it's a 20 hour trip each way.

When we lived in Phoenix, we'd drive 6 hours to So.Cal all the time and the kids were used to it, but this is gonna be an extra 4 hours.. should be interesting. I love me some roadtrips though.

Uh.... :confused:
Apathetic Lurker
10-10-2008, 03:27 PM
And now you all know what school bus drivers go thru every day..but with 50 instead of 3
Lorena
10-10-2008, 04:59 PM
Uh.... :confused:

Haha, oops.

We'll be driving for 10 hours, stop in Las Cruces, NM for the night and finish the rest of the 10 hours the following day. I don't think we can do 20 hours straight, that would be crazy.
stevew
10-10-2008, 06:13 PM
Driving across town with two kids is hell enough for me
JeeberD
10-10-2008, 07:00 PM
Haha, oops.

We'll be driving for 10 hours, stop in Las Cruces, NM for the night and finish the rest of the 10 hours the following day. I don't think we can do 20 hours straight, that would be crazy.

Cruces? Gross...stay in El Paso!!! :)
tarcone
10-11-2008, 08:22 AM
Drove from Muscatine, Iowa to Denton in a 17 foot UHaul Tuesday. No fun, no fun at all. I can only imagine what you had to be going through...

Why were you in Muscatine?
Wait you are from Texas which borders Mexico and you were in a 17 foot UHaul and Muscatine is home to Heinz where there a lot of tomatoes to be picked. Jeeber you are not trasporting illegal things are you?
MacroGuru
10-11-2008, 08:46 AM
Ha!

My sister in now bugging me to make the 15 hour drive from where we live to Memphis for Thanksgiving.......I'm tempted so we are near family, but I am not to sure yet.
JeeberD
10-12-2008, 07:39 AM
Why were you in Muscatine?
Wait you are from Texas which borders Mexico and you were in a 17 foot UHaul and Muscatine is home to Heinz where there a lot of tomatoes to be picked. Jeeber you are not trasporting illegal things are you?

Heh, no. My grandparents lived in Muscatine. After my grandfather passed away July, we moved my grandmother back down to Texas so she could be close to family...
Cringer
10-12-2008, 11:03 AM
Haha, oops.

We'll be driving for 10 hours, stop in Las Cruces, NM for the night and finish the rest of the 10 hours the following day. I don't think we can do 20 hours straight, that would be crazy.

Crazy? That's not crazy, that is how it is supposed to be done! :mad:

You don't have 'The Man' breathing down your neck in a car, you drive 48 straight hours when given the chance. My wife and I have driven from here to Spokane, WA and back, straight through the way there which is about 40 hours. (Straight through that long can include a short 1 hour stop for a nap once you get over the 24 hour period if needed by the driver, but only once.)

On the way back we took a longer route, so we could go through Reno and see family so we did stop in Reno for two days and drive straight through from there.

When I was 19 I drove straight through from Tucson to here with no changing of drivers as the wife wouldn't drive my '62 Wilys Jeep Wagon with a great dane in the front seat with us.

Driving non-stop is the only way to do things. :D
Lorena
10-12-2008, 10:53 PM
Crazy? That's not crazy, that is how it is supposed to be done! :mad:

You don't have 'The Man' breathing down your neck in a car, you drive 48 straight hours when given the chance. My wife and I have driven from here to Spokane, WA and back, straight through the way there which is about 40 hours. (Straight through that long can include a short 1 hour stop for a nap once you get over the 24 hour period if needed by the driver, but only once.)

On the way back we took a longer route, so we could go through Reno and see family so we did stop in Reno for two days and drive straight through from there.

When I was 19 I drove straight through from Tucson to here with no changing of drivers as the wife wouldn't drive my '62 Wilys Jeep Wagon with a great dane in the front seat with us.

Driving non-stop is the only way to do things. :D

Damn, that's a hell of a lot of stamina!