jasper: my thoughts exactly!
(wow...i still love long drives. a little music, my thoughts...it's totally peaceful and zen. it's traffic i hate! : ))
i still love road trips on my own. and, as for you 'wet blankets', most of these posts sound like they happened quite some time ago when we were all young and carefree... maybe it wasn't a wise choice, but it sure is a nostalgic memory!

I did the NYC to Virgina trip in one shot. I know some of the readers wont like to hear this but I used to drive from tucson to Vegas, about 6 hours straight, gamble for the night and drive back the next morning all without sleep.

We all like to hear stories and I personally have curiousity which is why I clicked this thread to begin with. I have a wet blanket but I didnt read this thread to tell any or hear any for that matter. Start your own wet blanket thread.

sleepycal,
when I lived in LA, we drove to Vegas many weekends, on little sleep but I think someone had it right saying that when we are young and carefree, these things are not such a big deal

Roy Orbison did "I drove all night" first, then Cyndi Lauper, then Celine Deon.

As a child it seemed like it to FOREVER to get to the vacation spot because I was stuck in the backseat with my evil older brother. I was no more than 5-6 hours, but that was long enough. My brother is a nice guy now, but back then . . . .

That's "took FOREVER"

Sorry for it and all my other goofs.

Oh I forgot to mention previously - 20 hours from Boston to Atlanta - don't know the miles but I got stuck in NYC and DC on the way - Love was the reason for the drive and Mary D. if you're out there - Remember the summer of '77!

AM radio the whole way down - talk about hell on earth

This has to be the longest drive ever alone, without even a stop....

The 1979 fuel crisis spurred many economy cars. What people didn't realize is that they didn't need the highest miles per gallon car; they needed the car with the longest range so that meant less frequent times to wait the gas lines.

Cadillac came out with the 'dawn to dusk' Coupe De Ville in 1980. It had a 6 cylinder engine and a whopping 56 gallon gas tank. The range was said to be over 1500 miles!!!

I was working at the time and was a full-time college student and I was fortunate that I saved $12,902 to buy this car.

For sping break 1981 I left my apartment on 77th Street and 1st ave in Manhattan at 5:00 AM and drove to Savannah, Georgia by 8:00 pm without even taking the car out of gear. I still had 1/3+ tank left.

I then ate, went to the bathroom, and filled this car with gas. I made the sping break scene in Fort Lauderdale by 2:00 am.

I spent the time on my CB radio and I le=istened to cassettes by the Police, Pat Benatar, the Cars, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, Devo etc...

St. Louis to pittsburgh and back to st. louis when I was about 25....a little over 20 hours and it was one of the dumbest things i've ever done!! Didn't have the funds for a hotel but still should have pulled over and slept in a rest area. I must have drank 20 cups of coffe to stay awake. I was so jittered up by the time I got back to my friends house that I couldn't sleep!!!

Ha! I just realized I posted the same story back in 03! Guess it's obvious I was telling the truth...the story is the same!

Okay, I was young, stupid, and poor back in the 1970's, and we used to drive from Nashville to Oklahoma City in 10 hours flat, not long but very fast since it was just under 700 miles and not all interstate.

A friend used to drive regularly in the 1970's non-stop from Ft Holabird, Maryland, to Hobart, Oklahoma -- 1440 miles -- in roughly 24 hours. He covered his face with Vicks Vapor Rub and left the windows down to stay awake -- in winter.

As an old geezer, I drove a U-Haul truck from Chapel Hill to Boston, 16 hours non-stop for the 740 miles owing to the low speed of the truck. So now I am old and stupid.

I've been driving since 03 after seeing this post and haven't stopped or slept yet.