Dude, I like your thinking. :-)

I have done a few overnight trips of 14 hours of driving by myself and
one with my wife and kids, yes, kids, in my Westy.  Sipping on Red
Bull helps, but then you crash anyway.

It is not safe, but can be done IF you can sleep soundly while your
wife is driving. I can not sleep like that at all, so I usually pull
over and crash hard for a couple of hours. The long recovery time
given with advancing age after such endevours make it not really worth
it any more.

And don't listen to those mamby-pambies trepidating over driving a 20
year old vehicle for 24 hours straight.  Steady-state driving on the
highway is less stressful than slogging it through town. You bus
either is in a good shape or is not. My 84 Westy is certainly up to
the task, and it is a ripe 25.
2009/11/12, Richard Golen <rgolen@hotmail.com>:
> Good Evening!
>
>
> 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.).
>
> 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.
>
> The plan is to leave next Friday at 6pm drive through the night and arrive
> early Sat evening.
>
> Any hints, suggestions, etc?   Red Bull? "speedballs"? espresso?   3 hrs
> driving, 3hrs off??
>
> I don't want to end up stuffed in a guard rail somewhere en route.
>
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
>
> Ric
>
>
>
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Chris S.
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