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   Ted Heise to sticks   
   Re: The Travel Out Days   
   01 May 25 13:23:40   
   
   From: theise@panix.com   
      
   On Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:08:21 -0500,   
     sticks  wrote:   
   >  On 4/30/2025 9:25 AM, Ralph E Lindberg wrote:   
   > > On 2025-04-29 20:47:31 +0000, sticks said:   
      
   > >> That said, I want to get started rehashing some of the   
   > >> journey.  I'll start with the travel days.   
      
   Thanks for the report, enjoyable reading.  And I can't help saying   
   that "went north on I-80" made me laugh.   
      
      
   > >   Ugh... HATE long travel days, been there, done that, try not   
   > > to. 3PM is a nice stop time>   
      
   >  I think the sweet spot for me if I have a way to go is about   
   >  500 miles. That is still a long day, but it doesn't kick your   
   >  ass too bad.  A little extra driving each day for me is worth   
   >  it if it give me one less travel day, and one more at the place   
   >  I want to get to.  That said, I certainly can understand how   
   >  other people do not like to drive that many miles in one day.   
   >  Especially in an RV, or pulling a trailer, or both.   
      
   Yeah, I'm finding 300 miles pulling my trailer is about as much as   
   I can do in a day without getting stressed/worn.  Of course I'm   
   not going over 60 mph, so that really adds time.   
      
   --   
   Ted Heise             West Lafayette, IN, USA   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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