HighPlainsHunter
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If you are truly extreme you need to run diapers to prevent having to stop for bathroom breaks like that crazy astronaut murderer did years ago.
Long Haul Travel Planning
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JimP
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Winchester
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When I was much younger we used to leave to go hunting around midnight after a long day's work after having been up since 4am. The eyelids would get very heavy and staying awake was very hard. In retrospect we never should have been doing that because I now realize just how dangerous it was to us and to anyone else on the road.
Nowadays I'm very willing to sacrifice a day of hunting in the name of safety and not feeling like crap after being awake for 30+ hours.
ithunter
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HA! Are you sure you havent been on a trip with us? We always start with the best of intentions...stop at a reasonable time 10-11PM and get up and go back at it...but before we know it, its 2am and there is no reason to get a motel room...on the way out we may pull off and catch a cat nap in the truck. However, on the way home its all down hill and straight through driving...all 20+hrs.
LCH
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The best sleep I've gotten on the road was a few years ago, I towed my in-laws' camper with me to NW Wyoming. It was a hard-sided pop-up, only took a couple minutes to get it folded out. We stopped at a rest area near the Missouri River in South Dakota, popped the walls up, and slept in our beds for about 4 hours. Wake up, fold it back up, and on our way.
Other places that I've slept either in the driver's seat or back of the SUV have been a Denny's, Menard's, several Wal-Marts, and even hotel parking lots when I didn't feel like paying for a room for just 3-4 hours sleep.
Other places that I've slept either in the driver's seat or back of the SUV have been a Denny's, Menard's, several Wal-Marts, and even hotel parking lots when I didn't feel like paying for a room for just 3-4 hours sleep.
newenglanddude
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Do the Baltimore to Wyoming and its is a grind. Two of us with a trauck and trailer hauling gear for 5-6 guys usually takes us about 28 hours. For the most part the other guy sleeps while the other drives. Have stopped in a truck stop on occasion and crashed for a 3-4 hours in the truck. It does knock you for a loop for a day. Drive out is easier than drive back.
Bonecollector
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I generally have about 1,800 miles to drive. 50% of them solo
I try to maximize my time as best I can. Once I'm out of work (8-10 hrs), I'll leave eastern Ohio and drive 10-11 hours before pulling the truck over to sleep at a rest stop, hotel or retail parking lot. I hate to pay $100+ to sleep for 5 hours. This usually makes the trips do-able in 2 days without burning a vacation day on the 1st day of driving. I'll then start driving just before sunrise until I reach my destination around sundown. I figure if I can sleep in a tent on the side of a mountain for 6-7 days, sleeping in my truck should feel like an upgrade to first class. I have radio, heat when needed, soft seats, accessible lighting, food/water, etc.
I generally stay as long as I can in the field, even when tagged out. It's not like I can make it back there in a week or so- unfortunately.
I stay as long as I can in order to drive back only stopping for fuel, RR, and a short catnap when needed. Generally around 3am until the sunrise. Once the sun is up; I'm up and driving.
Figure I can rest at work....
I try to maximize my time as best I can. Once I'm out of work (8-10 hrs), I'll leave eastern Ohio and drive 10-11 hours before pulling the truck over to sleep at a rest stop, hotel or retail parking lot. I hate to pay $100+ to sleep for 5 hours. This usually makes the trips do-able in 2 days without burning a vacation day on the 1st day of driving. I'll then start driving just before sunrise until I reach my destination around sundown. I figure if I can sleep in a tent on the side of a mountain for 6-7 days, sleeping in my truck should feel like an upgrade to first class. I have radio, heat when needed, soft seats, accessible lighting, food/water, etc.
I generally stay as long as I can in the field, even when tagged out. It's not like I can make it back there in a week or so- unfortunately.
I stay as long as I can in order to drive back only stopping for fuel, RR, and a short catnap when needed. Generally around 3am until the sunrise. Once the sun is up; I'm up and driving.
Figure I can rest at work....
Wyoming Hart
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Have made the 2,000 mile from Central Pennsylvania to Western Wyoming a few times and even took some side trips along the way. My dad and I would take turns driving with me doing most of the driving. The only regret I have on those trips is that we only have a single-cab pickup. Very hard to get comfortable when trying to rest/sleep when you're not driving! We would have extra gas in cans in the back and would keep checking gasbuddy.com for cheap gas and fill up.
We used to work all day until we all got off work; which was usually late because we were in college and worked at restaurants that closed late. We'd be on the road about 1am and drive to Island Park so we could be on the water at sunrise. We'd fish all day in the hot sun, catch the last hatch at night and float to the pickup spot and drive home. The sun would be coming up the next morning before we got into town.
It was so freaking stupid to drive that tired after being on the water all day. I'm embarrassed to admit I was that selfish just to catch fish.
It was so freaking stupid to drive that tired after being on the water all day. I'm embarrassed to admit I was that selfish just to catch fish.
When we were younger we would leave as soon as we could. Usually late evening. We'd just drive all night, switching off when we needed to. Sleeping along the road when we need to.
Now we plan a little better. If it's a long drive, we try to leave early am after getting a little sleep. Drove 22 hours to AZ this year by leaving at 3am and driving straight through.
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Now we plan a little better. If it's a long drive, we try to leave early am after getting a little sleep. Drove 22 hours to AZ this year by leaving at 3am and driving straight through.
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Colorado Cowboy
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Living in SW Colorado gives me a great location from which to start a trip. Texas pig hunting (800 miles), Wyoming antelope/deer (750 miles) and Arizona bird hunting (600 miles) which I usually do in one day. Usually 2 or 3 of us and we can (and do) share driving.