If you read our blog, you already know we're not long-distance drivers. 150 miles in a day is considered a good driving day in our dictionary. 300 miles is an extreme for us. So you'll be shocked and awed by our last two driving days: yesterday we did 375 miles! And, today we did 465 miles!! Wow! Who are these people? Well, we are trying very hard to get to Orlando to spend Thanksgiving with Andy's brother and his family. It's tradition and we've only missed one year that we can recall. We were close enough to give it our biggest effort, and since it was a weekend and we didn't have to worry about the market, we figured we'd go for it.
Achy backs, sore butts, highway hypnosis, crossed eyes...all this and more gives me more respect for the OTR truckers and our RVing friends, Lynne and John, who cross the country in days. Lynne and John go from job to job zigzagging the country as needed - they went from Port Townsend, WA to Melbourne, FL in something crazy like eight days just a few months ago. I truly do not know how they can do it. But, I'm sure it is because we never had to.
Because of our latest travel experience, we've also had a few firsts: 1) we've never driven our RV in the dark before (sounds crazy after 4 years of RVing, huh?); 2) we've, therefore, never pulled into a RV Park in the dark before and had to set up camp in the dark (we always felt sorry for those that had to backup and connect in pitch blackness); 3) this was the first time we maxed out how long we could tow the car before having to re-run it through it's gears; and 4) we're staying in the worst park ever in our history (if we could've seen it when driving in, we probably would've driven away! ha!)
2 comments:
Just curious, did you take I-10 across Louisiana? If yes was it rough or have they finally repaved it? The last time we came across it I thought our motorhome would shake apart in pieces!
Bill
I-10 in Louisiana is still a mess. About 11 miles of horrendous cracked road in a construction zone. 51 miles of I-10 is closed between Lafayette and Baton Rouge, both eastbound and westbound. The detour roads were rattling, narrow, and had traffic lights and added hours to our drive. The bridges had expansion joints so wide that you'd go airborne with every bounce. Then we drove via I-12, which was a little better but with bad sections. I-10 has other closures around New Orleans, too. I'd recommend avoiding that whole area if you can.
We also thought we were losing parts of our RV. It still has new noises that it didn't have before crossing LA. We rank it "worst in the country"! Maybe in a few years we can all safely drive on I-10 and laugh at the memories?
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