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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 10:19 AM
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What is the longest drive you've ever taken in one stretch?
I once drove from Rapid City S.D, to Calgary Alberta,it was 17 hours and I was bagged when I got home.
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WilmywoodNCparalegal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 10:20 AM
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1. Jersey City, NJ to Peoria, IL
snore-o-rama after Dayton, OH... yuck!
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seemunkee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 11:16 AM
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15. DC to Peoria
Only did it solo once but as a family we would do it 3 times a year.
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 10:32 AM
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2. St. Augustine, FL to Baltimore, MD
I think it took about 15-16 hours. Then I proceeded to sleep about 15-16 hours when I finally got home. :D
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 10:37 AM
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3. Columbus, OH to Minneapolis, MN
14 hours on a charter bus. At night, even.
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puerco-bellies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 10:40 AM
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4. Virginia Beach, Virginia, to Austin Texas.
We had leave from OS A school at Damn Neck Virginia before assignment to our final duty stations. Three of us were heading west, two of us to Los Angeles. We would drive till we were too tired and the driver would climb over the back seat while the passenger would grab the wheel and slide over, and the guy in the back seat would crawl over in to the passenger seat. It took about 28 hours to get to Austin and dropped one guy of then we got a hotel room and slept for 6 hours then continued on to Los Angeles.
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Droopy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 10:41 AM
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5. Las Cruces, New Mexico to Montgomery, Alabama
You don't want to know.
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 10:43 AM
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6. Seattle to Sacramento
Non-stop...14 hours, I think (I blocked it out now).
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anarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 10:45 AM
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7. Ann Arbor, MI to Seattle, WA
On tour with a band, and for some reason we played Ann Arbor on like a Wednesday, and had an early show in Seattle on Friday. And yes, that's about a 34 hour drive.

Hey guys, next time maybe look at a fuckin' map before you book the shows, huh?
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 10:58 AM
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10. HA!
That was funny (that is a hell of a long way)! :rofl:
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Fleshdancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 10:47 AM
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8. Minneapolis, MN to Austin, TX
The most stupid thing I've ever done.
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 10:57 AM
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9. Driving or just riding?
I rode in a bus from MA to DC, but I think my longest drive was from MA to southern NJ.
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 11:08 AM
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11. about 350 yards
right down the middle too
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Droopy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 11:10 AM
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12. You lie!
Unless your name is John Daly.
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 11:13 AM
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14. I live at altitude
and I'm not lying

If I was lying, I'd say I could drink more than Daly . . .
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 11:11 AM
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13. Kansas City, Mo., to Jacksonville, Fla...
it was brutal. Then, the next day, I went from Jacksonville to Alligator Alley in South Florida, then sat in traffic for 10 straight hours trying to get into the Phish Millennium New Year's show. The horror, the horror.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 11:28 AM
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16. It's a tie between Austin, TX to Greenwich, CT, or the trip back two days
Edited on Fri Jun-02-06 11:29 AM by jobycom
later.

Although I didn't drive the whole way. Three of us drove in shifts. No stopping except gas and bathrooms. We ate in the car. I stopped in Gulfport to pick up my parents on the way out, and to drop them off on the way back.

With me alone driving, I've made the trip from Austin to DisneyWorld in one shot. About 1100 miles. I love to drive. I usually take "long cuts" just to extend my driving time on long trips.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 11:29 AM
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17. Minneapolis, MN to Livingston, MT.
I don't think I want to do that again. God created airplanes for a reason.
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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 11:38 AM
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18. Solo, I did three 800 mile days in one trip
Western Virginia to St. Louis, St. Louis to Denver, Durango, CO, to Los Angeles.

These are 16 hours of driving, roughly, per day.

I also did a 20 hour drive from Denver to Ohio with my brother. We had no AC, went from 45 degrees in Rocky Mountain National Park to about 110 in the Plains states.
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noonwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 12:03 PM
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19. Detroit, MI to Atlanta, GA-with road construction, it was a 14 hour ride
My sister was late getting to Detroit from Lansing, so we didn't leave until around 1 pm. We got to Atlanta at 3 am. We only stopped for meals, gas and bathroom breaks, no stop was for more than a half hour.
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WoodyTobiasJr Donating Member (528 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 12:07 PM
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20. Calgary to Longview, Wa
Hellishly long day
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 12:19 PM
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22. Welcome to DU Woody.
I have some relatives in Calgary.
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bumblebee1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 12:14 PM
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21. There are a couple.
Charleston, SC to Reading, PA

Williams, AZ to Erick, OK- hubby didn't want to overnight in TX
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 12:20 PM
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23. Ocean City, Maryland to Elgin, Illinois...
20 hours straight thru, just me and all my belongings in my AMC Pacer.
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SKKY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 12:24 PM
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24. Las Vegas, Nevada to Whidbey Island, Washington...
...Felt like absolute crap for days afterwards.
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 12:33 PM
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25. Three consecutive 15 hour days.
I-80, coast to coast. I hate being in a car longer than 4 hours. No need to ask me how much fun that trip was.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 12:35 PM
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26. Denver Colorado to Cleveland Ohio.....
Edited on Fri Jun-02-06 12:35 PM by WCGreen
25 hours including the time changes....
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 12:37 PM
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27. Tucson to St. Joesph, MO
Edited on Fri Jun-02-06 12:37 PM by havocmom
Breaks for fuel and potty... Long drive in August.
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Bridget Burke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 12:50 PM
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28. Las Cruces, NM to Blythe CA....
I'd like to go that route more slowly sometime. Lots of interesting spots worthy of investigation.

Except for Blythe.
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Magrittes Pipe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 12:55 PM
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29. 14 hours.
Montreal to Springfield, OH.
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Touchdown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 01:12 PM
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30. Chattanooga to Kansas City...in a cargo van!
:puke: ..left at 5pm, after a full day's work.

Good thing the van wasn't mine.
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NewWaveChick1981 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 01:17 PM
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31. 12.5 hours
Middle of NC to Lake Erie. My sister and I went to see my dad and his side of the family for Labor Day 15 years ago. Man, that was the pits! I loved seeing Dad and everyone, but I was totally bushed when we arrived. We had to turn around two days later and do it again. :( I felt stir-crazy by the end of the return drive!
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Z_I_Peevey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 02:35 PM
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32. Bartlesville, Oklahoma to Brownsville, Texas
Well over 24 hours as I recall. Fought off giant swarms of large, mutant mosquitoes somewhere around Victoria.
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KatyaR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 06:36 PM
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33. Oklahoma City to Crested Butte - 17 hours
by myself with a couple of hours for a break. I actually like driving like that--I'd like to take more driving vacations, but I worry about my car, as well as the price of gas. As I get older, I guess I'm just not quite as brave as I used to be.
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Floogeldy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 10:13 PM
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58. Heh.
I drove from Los Angeles to Seeley Lake, Montana, straight through. Then, a week later, I drove from Seeley Lake to Oklahoma City, non-stop. What a gas! ;)
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 06:39 PM
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34. N.Hollywood, CA to Las Cruces, NM - 777 miles
:whew:
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conflictgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 06:50 PM
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35. Mid-Michigan to Fort Worth, Texas.
20 hours, 1270 miles.
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Roon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 06:52 PM
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36. Gary Indiana to Denver Colorado
Of course, I was driving an 18-wheeler and had chemical help.
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tool_of_the_people Donating Member (330 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 07:23 PM
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40. If this was in 1970......
I think that you picked me up on I-80 just west of Chicago and gave me a lift to Iowa City. Thanks for the lift, Roon. I owe you one.
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Roon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 08:14 PM
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41. Oh!! No problem!
Glad I could help! LOL!!!
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 06:56 PM
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37. Central Utah to Long Island, New York, 1975. I was hallucinating
Edited on Fri Jun-02-06 07:01 PM by NNadir
on the George Washington Bridge by the time I got there. I really don't remember the part after the bridge but somehow I made it home. I was driving a 1965 Ford Mustang. It died almost immediately after I arrived.

I picked up a hitchiker somewhere in Colorado. He drove some spells, to like, Indiana, but I didn't sleep much.

My mother was very, very sick. She died several months after I got there. It was a bad time.

Later on my wife and I - actually she was not my wife then but my fiance then - drove from New York to Colorado, but I slept fine in the passenger seat when she drove, and she slept when I drove.
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greendog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 07:05 PM
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38. aprox 1150 miles
Indianapolis to Gold Hill, CO.
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 07:16 PM
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39. Boulder, CO to Portland, OR
in approx. 22 hours. I was behind the wheel the whole time. I pulled off at a rest stop in ID sometime around 3 a.m. for an hour-long nap. Other than gas stops, that was the only break I had.
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 08:16 PM
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42. Orange County to San Francisco
A good 7 and a half hour drive.
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Sisaruus Donating Member (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 08:30 PM
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43. Hartford, CT to Atlanta, GA
Edited on Fri Jun-02-06 08:31 PM by Sisaruus
A little over 1,000 miles - about 16 hours. If you leave Hartford at 4 a.m., you can miss rush hours all down the eastern seabord.
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Canadian Socialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 08:33 PM
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44. I win
Winnipeg to Vancouver... only stopped to get gas, and pee. 24 hrs. Course, I was hallucinating at the end of the trip... but that's a story for another day. I was young and foolish.:shrug: I don't know how far that is in miles/kilometres. I was going at least 100 kph the entire time.
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 08:34 PM
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45. Central Texas to Los Angeles -- 22 hours/1,500 miles.
I'll be doing the reverse very soon. :D
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NJ Democrats Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 08:39 PM
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46. I can't drive yet
but the longest I've been a passanger on is when my cousins, mom sister and I went to Florida. We made it from here in North NJ to Savanah, GA in one day. I'd say 14 or so hrs.
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YankeyMCC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 08:40 PM
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47. Biloxi to St Louis
662 mi
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 08:42 PM
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48. Philadelphia to Dallas. About 1500 miles.
Edited on Fri Jun-02-06 08:43 PM by Misunderestimator
(Actually a bit south of Dallas)... when I was in college. @ 26 hours total... including all the breaks I had to take, drinking diet coke and coffee the whole trip.
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NoPasaran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 08:47 PM
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49. Pittsburgh, Pa. to El Paso, Texas
Coming home from college one spring. Stops just for gas and burgers. I think it took something in the neighborhood of 28 or 30 hours (back in the 55 days).
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Redneck Socialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 09:01 PM
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50. Oregon to Illinois
Coffee, lots and lots of coffee.

Yes, there was a woman involved. :)
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AngryAmish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 09:04 PM
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51. NY to Chicago, 19 hrs
Lots of Cokes 'n' smokes
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RoyGBiv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 09:11 PM
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52. Washington D.C. to OKC ... 25 hours

This was last summer, in fact. I don't remember much after Little Rock.
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Clintmax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 09:20 PM
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53. Springfield, Missouri to Tallahassee, Florida.
It's 17 hours one way. I always just drive straight through on that trip. It's a freaking killer!
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Gidney N Cloyd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 09:26 PM
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54. Rochester to Chicago via Canada
Thrice.
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 09:27 PM
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55. Seattle to San Jose, CA
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txwhitedove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 09:32 PM
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56. Houston to Mississippi and back... 
by myself, 800-mi round trip in 2-days.
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Scout1071 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 10:10 PM
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57. Kansas City to Eugene, OR. Approx 27-30 hours.
It was hell.
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 10:14 PM
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59. I did Reno NV to Salida KS once
Edited on Fri Jun-02-06 10:16 PM by AZDemDist6
:banghead:

but I don't recommend 1000 miles in one day.

also with another driver we did El Paso TX to Stockton CA in one shot

Today we did 609 miles home from Carlsbad NM to Phoenix AZ and we drove over yesterday leaving at 2AM got back today at 5PM and bought a house while we were there LOL
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 10:23 PM
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60. 18 hours Chi-Town to VA
Not taking that route anymore
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rustydog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 10:54 PM
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61. 23 hours, Yakima WA to Denver.
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