Trip (Page 2): I use to be able to make those long trips. Camp Lejeune to Hagerstown 2 or 3 times a month. One stop for gas on trips to OBX. Sometimes it's a chore to get to...

Grizzly 17 Loc: South central Pa

Flytier wrote:

Had an airline cancel me out with no chance of a flight for four days. Packed three kids and 3 adults into my Tahoe at 0200 and drove the Florida. Team driving , made it in under 14 hours. Only had three pot stops, and I was the only male in the truck. CDB and Toby Keith are my favorite " keep me alert" songs.

I use to be able to make those long trips. Camp Lejeune to Hagerstown 2 or 3 times a month. One stop for gas on trips to OBX. Sometimes it's a chore to get to Harrisburg. 🥴

kandydisbar Loc: West Orange, NJ

Glad you made it Four. I used to drive to my parents in NY from Nashville 21hrs in my MG midget with no heat and bad shocks. Did it once in a snowstorm. Had to keep stopping to wipe the ice off the wipers. Just got behind a truck and stayed there till he pulled off. Scary, crazy drive but I was in my 20s then. You're made of tougher stuff! Couldn't do it now.

kandydisbar Loc: West Orange, NJ

And all those songs are good but relate perfectly to "I Can't Drive 55!"

Flytier Loc: Wilmington Delaware

Grizzly 17 wrote:

I use to be able to make those long trips. Camp Lejeune to Hagerstown 2 or 3 times a month. One stop for gas on trips to OBX. Sometimes if a chore to get to Harrisburg. 🥴

Yeah, when I was in quartermaster school at Ft Lee VA I would make the run on weekends to northh Jersey in 6 hours.

Jarheadfishnfool Loc: Woodlake/Tulare ,Ca.

Glad you made it safe FF, beautiful drive but not in the rain huh? Unfortunately done it too many times, but soak in all the rain you can, that way you'll be able enjoy the sunshine when you get home! Have a great time!!

Grizzly 17 Loc: South central Pa

Flytier wrote:

Yeah, when I was in quartermaster school at Ft Lee VA I would make the run on weekends to northh Jersey in 6 hours.

LOL had some crazy rides then. 👍👍

Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina

Foodfisher wrote:

Haven't digested the whole stage yet but just checking in.
So. Cal. to near Olympia Wa. Done in 30hrs.
Anytime I start talking about a long roadtrip, heading into bad weather and looking forward to it, please alert the mental health officials.
Made it anyway. More to come.

I thought my 13 hour drive to the Keys was a long one. Glad you made it safely. East Bound and Down by Jerry Reed

Larry M Loc: North Clairmount, San Diego

Have a safe trip FF.
Time has come today by the Chamber Brothers and In-The-Gadda-Devida by the Iron Butterfly are good long songs for a road trip.
White Rabbit, I can’t remember who sung it.
I would listen to these when going on a long trip up north on Friday after work to go surfing.
Oh yeah, on 8 tracks before cassettes.

Larry M Loc: North Clairmount, San Diego

kandydisbar wrote:

Glad you made it Four. I used to drive to my parents in NY from Nashville 21hrs in my MG midget with no heat and bad shocks. Did it once in a snowstorm. Had to keep stopping to wipe the ice off the wipers. Just got behind a truck and stayed there till he pulled off. Scary, crazy drive but I was in my 20s then. You're made of tougher stuff! Couldn't do it now.

Morning Kandy,
I had a MG Midget once in my younger days, sold it after spinning it on the freeway. I turned the wheel real quick to avoid a squirrel luckily the freeway wasn’t crowded, back in the sixties then.
Traded it in for a new 68 Camaro.
Now if a squirrel runs out in front of me their toast.

FixorFish Loc: SW Oregon

For Plum....it was Kenny Loggins with "Danger Zone".
For LarryM.....it was Gracie Slick and the Jefferson Airplane..."and the ones your Mother gives you, don't do anything at all".....

Definitely gotta have tunes on a road trip..... but then, I am celebrating half a century since my purchase of a cassette of "Uncle John's Band" to listen to, on the way from Kansas to South Padre Island, for spring break.....we Deadheads gotta have our "Jerry fix" on road trips, for sure !

PS....FF...if you came up I-5, you passed within ~2000 yards of my place, as you entered Medford, Oregon. Honk next time !

Larry M Loc: North Clairmount, San Diego

Foodfisher wrote:

Haven't digested the whole stage yet but just checking in.
So. Cal. to near Olympia Wa. Done in 30hrs.
Anytime I start talking about a long roadtrip, heading into bad weather and looking forward to it, please alert the mental health officials.
Made it anyway. More to come.

Been driving to Kalispell Montana for over twenty years now, fourteen hours on the first day then twelve hours the next day.
Next time going to fly then rent a car.
Should cost about the same to fly if you consider the cost of fuel, food and one nights stay at a hotel.
Then we won’t have to drive through Salt Lake City, almost as bad as driving through Los Angeles.

DozerDave Loc: Port Orchard Wa.

Foodfisher wrote:

Haven't digested the whole stage yet but just checking in.
So. Cal. to near Olympia Wa. Done in 30hrs.
Anytime I start talking about a long roadtrip, heading into bad weather and looking forward to it, please alert the mental health officials.
Made it anyway. More to come.

Hey, FF. What are ya doing up in my neck of the woods. Right now I’m in California visiting my folks and I’ll be headed back up north tomorrow. 14hrs.And all I listen to is the humming of the tires and whistle of the turbo…🐟on

Larry M Loc: North Clairmount, San Diego

FixorFish wrote:

For Plum....it was Kenny Loggins with "Danger... (show quote)

Thanks.
What’s great about smartphones is that you can listen to these songs anytime you want to.

Flytier Loc: Wilmington Delaware

Larry M wrote:

Have a safe trip FF.
Time has come today by the Chamber Brothers and In-The-Gadda-Devida by the Iron Butterfly are good long songs for a road trip.
White Rabbit, I can’t remember who sung it.
I would listen to these when going on a long trip up north on Friday after work to go surfing.
Oh yeah, on 8 tracks before cassettes.

I think the singer was Gracie Slick.

Larry M Loc: North Clairmount, San Diego

Flytier wrote:

I think the singer was Gracie Slick.

Thanks