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You said — Any Freepers ever try something like this? I’ve done many long-distance trips before, but usually in the 1,500 mile range. What about the idea of doing that route in December? Ideas / suggestions welcome!

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If you want to do some sight-seeing, you’re not going to be doing 500 miles a day, not unless you want to wear everyone out... (and drive from morning to late at night (while seeing certain things during the day).

It’s not a bad idea to do some sight-seeing, but you will need to take the time out of the day where you won’t be doing driving. And the problem with that, especially if you get a U-Haul truck, is that they’re going to give you a set amount of time to make the drive. I think it may end up being the normal driving time, plus two days (perhaps). After that you start getting charged extra.

As far as the kind of driving, well, I’ve driven anywhere from that distance you say, to 4,500 mile round trips to 11,000 mile round trips (in about 5 weeks...). But, in all those cases, I wasn’t hauling stuff to take back somewhere else (although I’ve done that, too, just specifically for that reason).

One thing that I know for sure, it always takes longer than you think to see certain sights, even if you think you’ve got it planned out. LOL...

There was one trip (and I’ve made a bunch of them, for sure), where I thought I was going to plan it all out, to the exact sights to see, on what day, and what motel to stay at and everything. I even had all the reservations made to hit each place on each certain day. Well..., I did that once and I’ll never do that again. I did make all the sights and stops and overnights, along the way, but there were times I was driving until midnight to make it... LOL...

Now, when I’m doing one leg of a 4,500 mile trip (2,250 on a leg) and I think it will take so many days, and I’ll see certain things along the way, I’ll figure out how much time it will take and what sights I might want to see and add two days to what I think... :-)

Again, that’s *if* you want to see certain things along the way (which I think one should always do, in any case, because you’re already passing by or pretty close, anyway...). If you were just “driving” and nothing else, then you could make better time. But once you start “stopping” along the way, then it’s “all over” for “making time”...