Driving for thirteen hours by your self.

[racrguy]

[Chili]

How do you stay awake and focused. May be taking a road trip to eastern Tennessee at the end of July, and not looking forward to the drive. If I had a co driver it would be easy. But the others are heading up there a couple of days early. Any tips?

13 hours is easy. Just start really early. I've gone 21-22 hours straight, starting at night, driving all night..

Get some music you like to sing along to, something to chew / snack. I prefer corn nuts, beef jerky and sunflower seeds. I also like to stock up on Gatorade and water, because I can drink them both room temp and don't have to stop as much. I try to limit my stops to once every 5 hours, which usually coincides with fuel and a hot meal.

[Chili]

God damn it!

[racrguy]

lol, someone didn't look at the post date. Well, a couple of people.

[SonicblueGT03]

I'm getting older, so I cut the drive up into 10 hour sessions. Going to MIR this past weekend, I stopped in Nashville, which is exactly half way to Maryland (700 miles, or 10 hours approx.) I also find that it helps me to have a known stopping point, so I always book a room somewhere and stop there, no matter what time it is (as long as I've done my 10 hours for the day).

Other than that, I avoid caffeine on the road and heavy meals, usually just drinking water and getting a light snack when I'm hungry. That, and good music on the Satellite (Classic Rewind and Classic Vinyl kept me going on the last trip) should work.

[Memo]

Well, you could get that "learn spanish in the car" stuff that was in the Volkswagen commercial. Those two guys started speaking spanish when they finally had to stop and get gas. Funny commercial...

[kpc01]

I drive 10 or so each way each month. I have a lot of sunflower seeds (works for me to keep busy). When I can't take it anymore I stop and get a candy bar and a coke. I have sirius radio so listen to fox for a couple hours then comedy and keep switching it up. It goes by pretty fast. TN is a somewhat decent drive, there are a few things to look at.

[racrguy]

Does NOBODY look at post dates/times?

[Pro88LX]

Have a great trip!

[2011GT]

Are you fucking kidding me?

[Pro88LX]

Stock up on coffee!

[Junkie]

The part from Memphis to Nashville is really boring in my opinion, along with simply getting to the Arkansas state line.

Arkansas is by far the worst part of the trip. Once you get into Tenn I think its easy as pie, and the Texas section isnt bad....but fuck Arkansas

[talisman]

*facepalm

[Pro88LX]

Hows the drive going?

[SNEAKY]

Howdy


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