[encantotom]

i must admit i have to give the hockwald/olivier/mccloud school of thought on this. prefaced by saying the first time i did a long trip after retiring i ended up traveling with the hockwalds and the oliviers. i was used to driving from dawn to dusk and seldom stopping and covering as much ground as possible.

then when traveling with them, we left mid morning........we stopped at every rest stop......never more than 100 miles or so....sometimes sooner.....

then we knocked off early to mid afternoon.

it drove me crazy at first....

now darlene and i like to travel 250 miles or less a day and be in an rv park not much after lunch.

so, my smart alec response is......sleep in, drive slowly, enjoy the scenery, stop often and settle in for the day while you have time to enjoy where you have stopped at.

thanks to clarke and forest for patiently teaching me this......ha

as our dear friend wally who has since passed said when we traveling with him in his classic newell.......thats my two cents worth and i am sticking to it.

tom