YOUR LONGEST ROAD TRIP?
 

Out of intrest what was your longest road trip ever taken in a day or otherwise?
obviously you being the driver of your own or rented veichle?

mine was 1200miles from limerick to giants causeway in north of ireland in a kinda roundabout scenic {longer route} which consisted of 600 miles up and 600 back....

i had sore bones that evening especially as it was the type r i took http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/js/f...ey/msn/lol.gif

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Man I wouldn't know where to begin....
Done a few K's over the years.

However I suppose my non-stop solo trip from Sweden to Holland at about 1200K's in a rattly old Volvo 144 would be up there.
I picked up a hitchhiker somewhere in Germany to keep me awake.
He invited me in for a cup of strong coffee and he had the most amazing apartment.
His girlfriend was a furniture designer and the whole place was filled with the most outrageously awesome stuff I've ever seen.

When I was leaving I asked how to get back to the Autobahn, and he said "I'll come with you and show you"
I drove for about 5 minutes, taking note of all the turns so I'd remember the way, thinking I'd have to take the guy back to his place again and then drive back by myself.
When we got to the last turnoff he just said "Follow this road and it'll take you there" and jumped out of the car.
"I'll run back" he shouted as he disappeared in to the night...

I kept driving til I passed the Dutch border and I just had to pull over and have a snooze on the side of the road before I continued.

:D

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then you realised it was charlie mansons brother http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/js/f...ey/msn/lol.gif

seriously man thats a long haul.........jayzus...12oo miles http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/js/f.../omg_smile.gif

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1200 Kilometres


but still

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My personal best was jackson, tn to mitchell, south dakota the first day of a 4300 mile trip the wife and I took. That day
was somewhere around 950-1000 miles I guess. Plenty sore and tired, but this traveling was done in the days before
the kids came along :P I don't see pulling it off these days AHAH.

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My longest trips have been to Iowa and back to Georgia, which my wife and I do 2 to 3 times a year. 850 miles one way. 1700 miles round trip. We have a 7 year-old, 2 year-old and a dog with us whenever we go. It normally takes 14 to 15 hours driving straight through at a steady 80mph with several 100mph stretches. The first time I went, I made it in 10 hours by myself. Heehee. :D

Of the states I normally go through (GA, AL, TN, KY, IL, MO, IA), I try to avoid Illinois the most. [:'(] It has the worst roads and worst drivers.

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This summer I might go from Massachusetts to florida and back.

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From limerick to giants causeway is 287 miles each way which route did you take?

my longest road trip was last year and was from daytona beach florida to tampa bay

and back again the same day which is just about 150 mile each way, even with fantastic motorways i was still tired from it.

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the longest I have ever driven straight through would have to be Iowa to englishtown new jersey 1115 miles for the Superford Nationals, we did it several times back in the 90s but that was with a toterhome, twin 200 gallon diesel tanks, on board bathroom and galley so we didn't even pull over to switch drivers half the time, just a quick swap and motor on. My uncle has since sold his but is looking for another stacker style one so he can take two cars without having to lug a trailer.

Some guys might not know what a toterhome is so here is a picture of a nice one that was for sale here a month or two ago, this one just had a standard single 16 foot garage on the back however.

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From Louisville, KY to Pasadena, CA => 2,100 miles

From Phoenix, AZ to Cambridge, MA => 2,700 miles

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Go to South France pretty much every year now with my family. Its a 900 mile drive there and we usually go off the motorway and drive through the Alps for the last 150 miles. My dad used to do the 900 miles straight before I got my license and could help him out a bit lol.
Im hoping to do a road trip to Sweden (my home country) next year with my friends. I have not been able to do so yet because you need a crappy car otherwise everyone will key it there [:@]

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From the SF Bay Area to Detroit and back, about 2300 miles each way. I routinely drive to and from Vegas on a long weekend and that is close to 1200 miles round trip.

When I was 10 my parents drove us to Florida and back over a 3 week period during summer. That's roughly 5900 round trip, but I'd swear it was a million miles to get home [:'(]

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if you read the message we took THE COMPLETE cost line right up along sligo/mayo etc etc it was the longest bloody way possible to get there lol

was nice though some scenery....http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/js/f.../omg_smile.gif apart from the bloody awfull roads around mayo.......god not suitable for a tractor

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What's funny is, some folks here swear that IL drivers are the best around. A former roommate swore by it.

I tend to disagree. :D

Avoid IL highways south of Chicago (going around the south side of Lake Michigan - I-80/94, through northern Indiana near Gary) at all costs. It's a nice choke point.

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It's funny that some folks there swear they're the best around. They must not have gotten out of the state much. I get ran off the interstate (I-57, I-64, I-55, I-70) at least twice every time I come through Illinois by people not taking a second to check their left side mirror. It's like they aim for me.

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and don't forget about all the toll roads around chicago, its not uncommon to stop 4, 5 or 6 times just to pay tolls depending on how "deep" into the city you wanna get.

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Not sure of the miles traveled but went from Mountain home Idaho through Wyoming to see family, then through Denver to out by Atlanta to see friends. Then to Long Island New york to see a brother all over Ohio to see family and then back to Wyoming. It took 3 1/2 weeks and it was on my motorcycle. Had other trips that had allot of miles but that was the longest! I driven allot of miles over the last 18 years. My job before the slow down was from one end of Wyoming to the other running medical, I averaged 760 to 810 miles per day 5 days a week.

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man some of the journeys here make me tired from even reading them http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/js/f.../omg_smile.gif

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Yup, now imagine doing it in a horse-drawn carriage, like the 17 and 1800's! Before that, if you weren't in the army, you kept your ass at home.

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that motorhome is crazy!

not sure its a road trip, but i went from Derby to London and back in a day... about 400 miles in total! :)

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Richmond, Va to Montrose, Co = 1,970 miles<div>
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the cops in illinois love to give out tickets [:@] but not all ill drivers are bad,they are mostly in chicago:D

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lm not one, but what about truck drivers, LOL, 6 million miles and counting on one big round trip, around the country, over and over and over and over........lmao

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Did a gigundus road trip, all by myself (perhaps the divorce did it?? lol) from Cincinnati to Banff, Alberta about 10 years ago. Longest one day leg was Peoria, IL to Moose Jaw Saskatchewan, about 1,000 miles.

It was great on the way there - on the way back from this 5,000 mile R/T adventure I was having conversations with the cows on the side of the road.

Will never forget it though - a truly beautiful drive...

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ahh yes, i do miss road trips....

Oakley KS to Reno NV-1231 mi done in one day...

Oakley KS to Mt. Home AR via Huron SD-1500+ mi...

Oakley KS to Huron SD-501 mi (done many many many times)...

Oakley KS to Amirillo TX (OFNA Challenge 2004) 500+ mi...

Oakley KS to Merrill WI- 986 mi

Merrill WI to Heber Springs AR-790 mi...



All milage is one way....AHHH to be free to roam the roads again......STOOPID GIRLS TOOK ALL MY FUN AWAY!!!!! LOL!!!!!!