Drive straight thru - how do you decide?

[I Love Pluto]

We go by how tired we are. We never make reservations on the road because we don't know where we'll be, or how tired we'll be at any given time.

When we have had enough, we use the Garmin to find the nearest hotel that we like. We check it out - make sure it "feels" safe - then ask for a room.

Very adventurous - & fun!

 

[3pletprincesses]

We did it with our 3 kids. I took us 27 hours last time we drove and we only stopped for 2 meals and a few pee breaks. Since I'm so easy to fall asleep, I normally sleep as soon as we get in the car. We leave at around 7pm. I sleep for a while and dh gets me up when he gets tired which is normally around 2 am. Then i drive until breakfast while dh sleeps, then I sleep and he drives and we stop again aroud 3pm for lunch/dinner. Then I drive again until we get there at around 10-11pm. We do the same on our way home. We leave at night in order for the girls to not find it as long as they sleep all evening and night. By the time they wake up, half the trip is already done.

 

[Shir Kahn]

I would love to drive straight through, but seeing as we have a 32 hour drive, it's not going to happen! The most I've driven in one shot was 25 hours and that was on the way home! I'm also a bit of a wheel hog, I have a hard time giving up the wheel and when I do give it up, I can't sleep at all while someone else is driving. We're leaving at 6am on Dec 26th and plan on doing 2 days of 16 hours each.

 

[Missytara]

I am doing my first drive to the World, but we are only 17 hours away and we have three drivers. So we are driving straight through as far as not spending the night anywhere, but we do plan on getting breakfast once we cross the FL. State line.

 

[njmom47]

I have driven home from Fl (west coast) a couple of times with my mom. We have AAA and when we feel like we are about ready to stop, (say in an hour or so) we just call them, tell them where we are and let them make the reservation. That might make the hotel/stopping for the night part a little easier.