whats the farthest you have driven in a car in 1 shot!?

yep im going to do it people, 12 hour drive leaving at 7:30pm and arriving thursday morning. i did it once before but in the day, only stopped 2 times to drain the lizard. i know i have the willpower to drive through the nite without falling asleep at the wheel. god i love vacations. this will be 2 of 3 this year.

has anyone here topped a 12 hour drive in 1 shot????

35 hours non-stop from Texas to Oregon (with exception to piss breaks and gas stops; no food or anything). Dropped dead after that and vowed I'd never drive that long ever again. Was by myself.

I'm thinking about doing this in August. Just take off and drive with no particular destination in mind. I would be focusing more on enjoyment rather than distance though. Staying off of the freeways and interstates as much as possible and stick to the back roads and small towns. I can spare up to about 10 days to do this and have been giving it some thought.

That sounds really fun. Get a few roadmaps, hit up backroads, maybe come back with a story or two to tell.

Either that, or wind up the captive of an insane elderly couple somewhere in Ohio.

Well, I did end up doing this and my random journey is just about over. I've covered close to 2,000 miles over the last 8 days, wandering somewhat aimlessly around Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa and Missouri. I ended up on the major roads a little more than I planned but also spent a bunch of time on the back roads.

For the most part I avoided the bigger cities (Not that there are many in this particular region My favorite part was exploring the small towns and checking out the historical places of interest. I visited a huge number of antique stores along the way, buying a few little items but nothing of real interest or value.

One of the stores I went to was Antique Archaeology, the store from the show American Pickers on the History Channel. That was kind of neat but wasn't really anything special. There were a lot of items from the show, many of them just on display and not for sale. I got to meet Danielle from the show--she came out and visited with the customers and signed autographs and had pictures taken with some of them.

Mike and Frank weren't at the store at all but I did see Mike downtown at a restaurant.

Most of my trip probably wouldn't be of interest to write or read about but I have had a blast. Pretty much every other time I have traveled I had a destination and a route all planned out. This was definitely something new for me. Everybody I talked to on the way commented about how cool it would be to just take off and go like that. And it was.

In some ways I wish I had more time but then again I am about ready to get back home. Right now I am back in Wisconsin and am going to visit some friends before I head for home on Sunday.

Sounds like a good time. I would love to be able to do that someday. I want to check out all the cool places to eat, like the hidden gem food type shows..

I did eat at a lot of local places along the way. And I had no idea beforehand that a Carolina-style pulled pork sandwich had the cole-slaw served on the sandwich

I thought it was just a side dish like it usually would be.

Thats funny because up here I always get the Carolina pulled pork, and never had the coleslaw on it...weird. I just like the flavor, it's sweeter in a way.