Managing Rest Stops

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I only stop for gas. That's usually about 4.5 hours. My kids hate it but I don't care. I just want to get there. I also dislike travelling with DW because she likes to stop a lot. My policy is designated stops for food and drink and we stop for gas. I run a tight ship we get there on time when I drive.

You don't "run a tight ship", PP, you're abusive.

+1 what an a@@hole

[Anonymous]

We try to leave at around 4:30 or 5 am. We have our kids get up and pee and get in the car. They usually fall back asleep until 7:30 or 8. Then we stop for a to go breakfast somewhere with bathroom. Then back on the road and driving for another 2-3 hours. So that is 5-6 hours by 11 am.

I look for something fun to do like a swim session, park with interesting playground or feature, indoor rock climbing, a trampoline park. Something physical to do for a couple of hours. We usually pack a picnic type lunch.

Then back on the road by around 1. We can drive another 2 hours until around 3 and have made it 8 hours worth of driving, sometimes we will push it to 9 but that's it. By then we can check into a hotel.

I had a parent who hated to stop so I look up every rest stop and announce when we are 15 minutes a way if anyone wants to stop just in case. It only takes 5-10 minutes to hop out, stretch, go the bathroom and get back on the road. It's cruel not to allow that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:6 hours is aggressive. Are you my dad and is it 1992? I think 3 hours is the longest that is reasonable from a health and safety perspective, and that’s still too long for me as the driver.

I was having flashbacks to MY dad! It felt so mean when I had to pee so badly and he was a jerk about it and wouldn’t stop.

One of my friends told me that she had to wear a diaper for long car rides until she was 9. She didn’t have any special needs, it was just because they didn’t want to make extra stops.

I got stuck in bad traffic last week for almost 2 hours and at that point I was almost wishing I had one.