I did a road trip in 2003 that was very extended. Here's the nuts of it...
Day 1, 8 pm - Left Bloomington, IL
Day 2, 5 pm - Arrive at Super 8; Cody, Wyoming
Day 3 - Yellowstone Driving
Day 4 - Yellowstone Driving
Day 5, 1 pm - Leave Cody, Wy
Day 6, 7 am - Arrive Bloomington, IL
Mind you, my sister drove her car from Indianapolis (three extra hours
each way) on top of this.
Total Mileage - 3331.9 Miles
Driving Time - 48 hours.
Number of animals killed (by tires) - 3 (one bird, one squirrell, and
one groundhog)
Getting frostbite and sunburn at tthe same time - PRICELESS
* At the Top Of The World Pass in Wyoming (11,000 foot pass; highest in
North America) -
-- Chris Reck Bloomington, IL'99 Dakota Sport + CC 4x4 V6 (Deep Amethyst) Shaved and polished V8 TB, Autolite 3923, 180 Thermostat, 7.5mm Bosch plug wires, Custom K&N 6x9 air intake, Rancho RSX shocks, Pioneer full audio system, Jet Stage 1 Chip, BF Goodrich 32x11.5r15 T/A KO tires <Walt@Walt-n-Ingrid.Com> wrote in message news:d5qsp4$c1n$1@bent.twistedbits.net... > > In article <26846.199.64.0.252.1115738490.squirrel@janor.ath.cx>, > dml@bleazard.net ("Jason Bleazard") writes: >> >> >> On Mon, May 9, 2005 9:09 pm, andy levy said: >> > >> > Wimps. >> >> Hey now, Mistar It's-Too-Far-For-Me-To-Drive... at least they're making >> an >> effort. :-) >> >> > I have a friend who drove Denver to Syracuse with about 1 hour >> > total in food, sleep & bathroom stops. Took him about 36 hours total. >> >> Impressive. Is this verified? I have a couple of friends who claimed >> they did Salt Lake to Las Vegas (~420 miles) in 3 hours 45 minutes, in >> the >> one guy's Escort. That's supposed to be total time, start to finish, >> including a fuel stop. They have no idea how fast they were going, as >> the >> standard Ford speedometer of the day only went to 85. I've never made up >> my mind whether or not I really believe this claim. My brother and I did >> it in 5 hours in a rented Sentra, and we were doing a pretty good job >> covering the ground in a hurry. It's amazing how slow 75 feels when >> you've been doing 108 for the past two hours solid. >> > > Two years ago on Thanksgiving day, I did a trip to my dad's house in > Silver > Springs Florida to drop off his car. I had my Ram, pulling my car trailer > with > his car loaded on it. Door to door = 1302 miles. Left my place at 3AM and > arrived at his place exactly 18 hours later at 9PM. Average speed 72.2mph > including gas stops which were frequent. > > Walt
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