Long Drives
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Anonymous
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Say, any drive at or over 3 hours- do you find it exhausting? Today I drove from Raleigh to DC and it took me 4.5 hours, all of this was in crazy, all-the-time-now- traffic. There was no 'easy' stretch.
Anyway I wanted to be done for the day just after the drive. Is this the beginning of getting old? I'm 56, btw |
Anonymous
| Next time stop for a meal halfway |
Anonymous
| When you are in lots of traffic, you tense up. You spend lots of time on higher alert. It is tiring . I hate driving lompnger distances. My in-laws live about 1.5 hours away and if I could helicopter up there I would. |
Anonymous
| Wow...I'm older than you and can still easily do 8-10 a day by myself. But, I think of the car as my safe alone space and love to sing loudly. |
Anonymous
That is an awful drive. Boring scenery and tons of traffic. A drive like that for a two hours sucks. But there are many drives in America that are much longer than that that I find enjoyable. |
Anonymous
| I don’t find it tiring but have no interest in long drives. |
Anonymous
| I just hate driving generally and I have since my early thirties. I’m only doing long drives now that air travel has become so miserable and unreliable. It’s actually less exhausting to drive ~9 hours or less (with two drivers) than to fly. |
Anonymous
| When I have long drives like that, I have to listen to a book online. I have something downloaded from the Libby app, and that keeps me entertained. Otherwise, I find it very difficult and tedious. |
Anonymous
| I'll happily drive anything less than 12 hours in a day. Put on a book or some good music and sing! If I'm by myself, I'll stop every 5 or 6 hours for a bathroom/refreshment break. |
Anonymous
| I’m in my 50s and hate road trips now. Could easily drive 12 hours ina day in my 20s . Now anything over 2 hours is exhausting. I agree with OP. It’s age. |
Anonymous
| A lot of cars have dynamic cruise control so it'll slow down to keep pace with the car in frotn of you. Makes things a lot easir on busy highways for me. |
Anonymous
| I'm 60 and drive to Bar Harbor and S. Fl. without stopping (excepting gas, food, toilet, obviously) with no problem. |
Anonymous
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Over 30 minutes is too long for me. Not that I cannot sit still. I have no business going anywhere longer than an hour and I haven't for years.
I was foolish enough to drive to Fort Lauderdale from DC in my 30s. Not sure what I was thinking. Not just driving. Lots of things that take time, I refuse to do as I get older. |
Anonymous
| Trick is very small stops every 2 hours. |
Anonymous
| The real trick is comfy car seats. |