And now I see that this has been talked about in 30 responses. Late to
the game I am.

2009/11/13, Chris S <szpejankowski@gmail.com>:
> 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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