On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Richard Golen <rgolen@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Good Evening!
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> My wife, son and I are going to take our Westy on a road trip next week from our house (south of Boston) to Sarasota, FL. It appears to be a 24 hour trip. My wife thinks it would be neat to making the trip non-stop (other than gas, food, etc.).
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> Admittedly some 25+ years ago I would do this at a drop of the proverbial drop of the hat, and in fact have done it a couple of times. But being an "old fart" I have some trepidations in doing a straight through drive. My endurance, eye sight, etc. ain't what it used to be.

Hi.

Oddly enough, I've found that in terms of staying awake, doing longer
shifts of driving has gotten easier in my latter years. (I'm 46)

Tips? Obviously share the driving. IMO, those with "eyes" should do
the night shift. Get some travel type pillows for passengers to sleep
so they can stay buckled up. And whoever is doing their shift
shouldn't eat too much during that time.

Bottom line? IMO, pull over and sleep at a rest stop when eyes get
tired. Even a few hours of kip will make a world of difference. Boil
up some water, drop in some of that new fangled Starbucks instant and
go. I hear it's pretty good. But......

Don't push it. It's never worth it.

Neil.

-- 
Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"

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