When I was in the Air Force in my young 20’s, with a job that didn’t require me to be on base on most weekends, I regularly drove the 3 hours each way to my parents’ house, sometimes by car and sometimes by motorcycle, routinely chalking up about 500 miles each weekend. It did not seem like a big deal then.
Now half a century has changed my view and I cringe at any trip taking more than a half hour. I haven’t been out of the county but about half a dozen times in the last 5 years, though the driving itself doesn’t bother me that much.
I’m probably gathering some moss.
A couple years ago I did a 3 week road trip from northern Wisconsin through Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Montana, North Dakota, and Minnesota back to northern Wisconsin.
@kittykat9180
Yep as a kid, with my parents we would drive 8-10 hours to get to a Vacation destination. I have driven 6-7 hours for work.
Now a couple hours is a long trip, but I don’t do that much anymore… mostly it is the $$$$ that dictates the length of the trip.
@mycya4me
A friend of mine has driven from northern Wisconsin to San Diego for work.
They don’t let him do that anymore because the mileage is too expensive compared to having him fly.
But he’ll still drive if he wants to bring his dog with him. He’ll just buy the flight for the receipt and reimbursement and then cancel it and drive.
This should be better worded than drive. As they want to know what length of time you would accept to go places
But also when these were written by a human and we were just kinda chatting about our lives vs providing information to be scraped. I had thoughts . But Meh
@unksol
I have a hard time believing they asked AI to write such a simple question. What in the world makes you think that’s the case? That’s exactly how I would word it since length of time rather than length of distance is the limiting factor to most folks.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@chienfou lol maybe not AI but useful to one. Was giving me dynamic pricing vibes which is people abusing unregulated data. “What’s the max you will tolerate, I bet that will be useful some day. Somehow.”
@rustyh3 I’m pretty sure, in a car, I could still do North to South in one day and East to West in 2.5-3.
I have Swapped into the front passenger seat of the station wagon pulling the popup and held the rand mcnally. I have bought it for Father’s day. And also done it with just tents.
I have seen the ancient guide books of the libraries. Loaded Microsoft maps in 2000. And taught him how to print. No map may defeat me
@rustyh3 well and obviously drove them as an adult. I will admit going up and down the rockies in a saturn SL with snow and semis on both sides is a little unnerving the first time.
Did the southern loop back. Much calmer out west. Oklahoma had the rediculous tolls and a freak snow storm that shut the highway down
I travel around 450 or so one way going to MD Anderson Cancer Center on a regular basis and if I hit rodeo, or this last summer the soccer stuff it took approximately until I was dead of old age.
It’s just under 1000 miles on way to family which I drive in 2 days. My longest trip was 2400 miles in 4.5 days. For a bunch of years I had around a 1200 miles one way over 2 days to family. All of these to family included having a minor child in the car.
The most I ever drove in one day was just under 800 miles. That was about 4 hours of driving too far but had no choice. Again with a minor child in the car.
The fact that said minor child lived through these trips was a minor miracle. One trip I had every field with cows in them pointed out although that is better than non-stop whining with begging for fast food with every highway exist that showed there was what she liked at that exit (although she finally learned that gained her nothing).
Some trips though were really beautiful in parts. One of the ones to Houston the fields of purple wild flowers were blooming and we stopped so I could take photo of her sitting in the flowers on the hillside on the side of the highway. Or another one where the road was blocked by buffalo as they were walking (or standing) on the road.
woops ran out of edit time. And when I was a kid, perhaps the most impressive was at sunset standing at the south rim of the Grand Canyon a sunset, in the west, lighting and thunderstorm in the east and a double rainbow. We had stopped to take a quick look before checking in at the campsite we were staying at. While I have no photos it is something I will always remember.
18 hours Chicago to BWI/area, one pit stop for gas in Pennsylvania, it was winter so we had to deal with ice & snow. Not bad but not too scenic.
As a kid my family drove all over for vacations. I was lucky because I learned how to read a map, so I was the Navigator! Co pilot (front)seat! The trips out west through the Rockies were great! Only did close hops with my kids. They had too many commitments band, scouts, church & community obligations so no long trips. They experienced one great road trip that the 2 oldest girl put together Chicago to Panama City FL. They followed the Bourbon Trail and stopped at all the highway attractions.
Bigs ball o twine, biggest rubber band ball, stuff like that.
I don’t think road trips are going to be affordable for most people nowadays, sadly.
@kittykat9180
Yes we had a small Nissan compact car full tank of gas mostly nighttime travel: Skyway to IN tollway to Ohio to Pittsburgh PA first stop then PA tollway to wVA to MD. The ice & snow was mainly a MD issue; they’re not to good at removing it.
My wife is from South Dakota. On a road trip to visit her mom in Rapid City one summer, we were passing by Sturgis sometime around midnight. Me, my wife and our infant daughter in our plain-jane 4 door sedan with out of state plates, going a few mph over the limit but just keeping up with traffic (which was pretty heavy, given the time of night, but - Sturgis). Of course, we got pulled over.
Cop checked license and registration, saw the situation, sent us on our way with no citation. Whew!
A few days into our visit, we went, with Mom, to visit the scene in Sturgis. Lots of people, mostly with a “biker” vibe. I was carrying my daughter on my shoulders as we walked around and some really gnarly looking guys were stepping out of our way to let us pass, opening doors for us and otherwise being extremely hospitable. Fun time !
I’m apparently still good for 14 hours at the wheel in one day, as determined recently when I had to drive to central Wisconsin via Minneapolis, and back.
Before COVID, when I actually went into work most workdays, the limit was 30 minutes per day (round trip) not including traffic delays. Now that I’m retired, this is no longer a factor and I prefer most drives to be under an hour (round trip).
I used to do the 700 mile drive to my daughter in Charlotte NC in a single run, even after I replaced my 2004 Ford Taurus (430+ mile range, one stop for gas) with a 2023 Chevy Bolt EUV (205+ mile highway range, 5-6 stops for charging). Even with the Ford I’d stop every 2-3 hours for ~20 minutes to stretch so switching to the EV only added about an hour to the trip, usually under 13-1/2 hours.
I now stop overnight somewhere between Winchester and Roanoke VA, because I get a good night’s sleep and arrive relaxed before dinner.
Depends on the vehicle, passengers and destination. I traveled from Louisiana up to Oregon last year to move my folks up north. I loved the road tripping when my mom wasn’t overwhelmed with anxiety. We used to drive regularly for four hours each way from Yosemite to San Francisco for day trips no big deal. Similar from Portland area to Seattle. But having to drive 15 minutes up the road to the mall with teenagers makes me want to curl into the fetal position for the unforeseeable future.
I once was in a vehicle for a little over 30 hours, except for too-short gas stops. We had 9 people split across an SUV and sedan. So the rotation went driver to navigator to back seats where you should be sleeping, repeat. We were also 20 years old. Some of the best memories of my life.
When I was in the Air Force in my young 20’s, with a job that didn’t require me to be on base on most weekends, I regularly drove the 3 hours each way to my parents’ house, sometimes by car and sometimes by motorcycle, routinely chalking up about 500 miles each weekend. It did not seem like a big deal then.
Now half a century has changed my view and I cringe at any trip taking more than a half hour. I haven’t been out of the county but about half a dozen times in the last 5 years, though the driving itself doesn’t bother me that much.
I’m probably gathering some moss.
Depends on the destination.
A couple years ago I did a 3 week road trip from northern Wisconsin through Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Montana, North Dakota, and Minnesota back to northern Wisconsin.
Grocery store? 10 mins is too long.
@kittykat9180
Yep as a kid, with my parents we would drive 8-10 hours to get to a Vacation destination. I have driven 6-7 hours for work.
Now a couple hours is a long trip, but I don’t do that much anymore… mostly it is the $$$$ that dictates the length of the trip.
@mycya4me
A friend of mine has driven from northern Wisconsin to San Diego for work.
They don’t let him do that anymore because the mileage is too expensive compared to having him fly.
But he’ll still drive if he wants to bring his dog with him. He’ll just buy the flight for the receipt and reimbursement and then cancel it and drive.
This should be better worded than drive. As they want to know what length of time you would accept to go places
But also when these were written by a human and we were just kinda chatting about our lives vs providing information to be scraped. I had thoughts . But Meh
@unksol
I have a hard time believing they asked AI to write such a simple question. What in the world makes you think that’s the case? That’s exactly how I would word it since length of time rather than length of distance is the limiting factor to most folks.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@chienfou lol maybe not AI but useful to one. Was giving me dynamic pricing vibes which is people abusing unregulated data. “What’s the max you will tolerate, I bet that will be useful some day. Somehow.”
Bawahahahahaha
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@Ziggie
Minutes? Hours? Days? Weeks? Years?
@kittykat9180
Lol, hours, sorry.
Though I would add days and weeks are also too long. Years too.
@Ziggie
Driving for 12 years would be a bit much.
@kittykat9180 @Ziggie Unless it’s your job.
@Kyeh @Ziggie
But you probably still have days off and PTO.
Few days? As long as I get a good sleep and a hot shower.
In one leg - maybe 10 hours.
On the motorcycle 7 hours.
@rustyh3 I’m pretty sure, in a car, I could still do North to South in one day and East to West in 2.5-3.
I have Swapped into the front passenger seat of the station wagon pulling the popup and held the rand mcnally. I have bought it for Father’s day. And also done it with just tents.
I have seen the ancient guide books of the libraries. Loaded Microsoft maps in 2000. And taught him how to print. No map may defeat me
@rustyh3 well and obviously drove them as an adult. I will admit going up and down the rockies in a saturn SL with snow and semis on both sides is a little unnerving the first time.
Did the southern loop back. Much calmer out west. Oklahoma had the rediculous tolls and a freak snow storm that shut the highway down
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I travel around 450 or so one way going to MD Anderson Cancer Center on a regular basis and if I hit rodeo, or this last summer the soccer stuff it took approximately until I was dead of old age.
It’s just under 1000 miles on way to family which I drive in 2 days. My longest trip was 2400 miles in 4.5 days. For a bunch of years I had around a 1200 miles one way over 2 days to family. All of these to family included having a minor child in the car.
The most I ever drove in one day was just under 800 miles. That was about 4 hours of driving too far but had no choice. Again with a minor child in the car.
The fact that said minor child lived through these trips was a minor miracle. One trip I had every field with cows in them pointed out although that is better than non-stop whining with begging for fast food with every highway exist that showed there was what she liked at that exit (although she finally learned that gained her nothing).
Some trips though were really beautiful in parts. One of the ones to Houston the fields of purple wild flowers were blooming and we stopped so I could take photo of her sitting in the flowers on the hillside on the side of the highway. Or another one where the road was blocked by buffalo as they were walking (or standing) on the road.
woops ran out of edit time. And when I was a kid, perhaps the most impressive was at sunset standing at the south rim of the Grand Canyon a sunset, in the west, lighting and thunderstorm in the east and a double rainbow. We had stopped to take a quick look before checking in at the campsite we were staying at. While I have no photos it is something I will always remember.
In one day?
10-12 hrs.
18 hours Chicago to BWI/area, one pit stop for gas in Pennsylvania, it was winter so we had to deal with ice & snow. Not bad but not too scenic.
As a kid my family drove all over for vacations. I was lucky because I learned how to read a map, so I was the Navigator! Co pilot (front)seat! The trips out west through the Rockies were great! Only did close hops with my kids. They had too many commitments band, scouts, church & community obligations so no long trips. They experienced one great road trip that the 2 oldest girl put together Chicago to Panama City FL. They followed the Bourbon Trail and stopped at all the highway attractions.
Bigs ball o twine, biggest rubber band ball, stuff like that.
I don’t think road trips are going to be affordable for most people nowadays, sadly.
@jkawaguchi
You only stopped for gas one time in an 18 Hour drive?
@kittykat9180
Yes we had a small Nissan compact car full tank of gas mostly nighttime travel: Skyway to IN tollway to Ohio to Pittsburgh PA first stop then PA tollway to wVA to MD. The ice & snow was mainly a MD issue; they’re not to good at removing it.
@jkawaguchi @kittykat9180 the saturn (manual of course) could push 40 MPG. But only a 12 gallon tank. Probably 8-9 hours a tank at 60 mph
My wife is from South Dakota. On a road trip to visit her mom in Rapid City one summer, we were passing by Sturgis sometime around midnight. Me, my wife and our infant daughter in our plain-jane 4 door sedan with out of state plates, going a few mph over the limit but just keeping up with traffic (which was pretty heavy, given the time of night, but - Sturgis). Of course, we got pulled over.
Cop checked license and registration, saw the situation, sent us on our way with no citation. Whew!
A few days into our visit, we went, with Mom, to visit the scene in Sturgis. Lots of people, mostly with a “biker” vibe. I was carrying my daughter on my shoulders as we walked around and some really gnarly looking guys were stepping out of our way to let us pass, opening doors for us and otherwise being extremely hospitable. Fun time
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Anything over 3 means I’m spending the night at my destination. Road tripping, 12 hours is my limit for a day.
Any drive that takes out the plate glass window in the clubhouse is clearly too long.
I’m apparently still good for 14 hours at the wheel in one day, as determined recently when I had to drive to central Wisconsin via Minneapolis, and back.
I’m good up to about 6 hours. Need a friend to take over after that.
I think about six is fine for a casual road trip. Beyond that needs planning.
Depends how often I’m making the drive.
Before COVID, when I actually went into work most workdays, the limit was 30 minutes per day (round trip) not including traffic delays. Now that I’m retired, this is no longer a factor and I prefer most drives to be under an hour (round trip).
I used to do the 700 mile drive to my daughter in Charlotte NC in a single run, even after I replaced my 2004 Ford Taurus (430+ mile range, one stop for gas) with a 2023 Chevy Bolt EUV (205+ mile highway range, 5-6 stops for charging). Even with the Ford I’d stop every 2-3 hours for ~20 minutes to stretch so switching to the EV only added about an hour to the trip, usually under 13-1/2 hours.
I now stop overnight somewhere between Winchester and Roanoke VA, because I get a good night’s sleep and arrive relaxed before dinner.
Depends on the vehicle, passengers and destination. I traveled from Louisiana up to Oregon last year to move my folks up north. I loved the road tripping when my mom wasn’t overwhelmed with anxiety. We used to drive regularly for four hours each way from Yosemite to San Francisco for day trips no big deal. Similar from Portland area to Seattle. But having to drive 15 minutes up the road to the mall with teenagers makes me want to curl into the fetal position for the unforeseeable future.
@sillyheathen Teens - as I have said before on here and to my then teen, there are good reasons why some species eat their young.
@Kidsandliz I honestly can’t complain about the kids. I’m just not a fan of traffic or shopping so bringing teenagers to a mall is torturous.
It depends (on a lot, as has been mentioned.)
I once was in a vehicle for a little over 30 hours, except for too-short gas stops. We had 9 people split across an SUV and sedan. So the rotation went driver to navigator to back seats where you should be sleeping, repeat. We were also 20 years old. Some of the best memories of my life.
Just FYI if you want at offline Atlas. Herewego on Android
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_Technologies
Has an entirely offline mode and lets you download to your phone. They are kinda linked to nokia.
I don’t normally use any map app to actually drive. I use them to plan the route ahead of time. But a free offline atlas is a nice thing