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Originally Posted by rockfan4
I can do one long day - 9 - 12 hours, but then I need a day or two to recover. I made the drive from La Crosse to Mid Ohio a couple of times, that's about 9 1/2 hours depending on Chicago traffic.
I'm planning a 4000 mile trip this spring, hoping to do it in 16 days with no more than 5 or 6 hours of driving any day.
Oh, and as far as driving without stopping, the wife has to stop every 2 - 3 hours, negating any range advantage of the vehicle.
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Dec 1 - the wife had to have her vacation request for 2026 submitted today. She wanted to take 3 weeks, the most they will let her take is 2 weeks. Actually we have 17 days. I mapped out our trip for 14 days, so I may do some modifications. Day 1 is 9+ hours from La Crosse to Rapid City SD. I know we won't get a an early start, and it takes a good hour to drop the dogs off. I would like to be off the road by 5:00pm to 6:00 pm each night, so I may have to change things up. Day 2 was supposed to be Mount Rushmore and then drive to Denver. Maybe we'll stop short of Rapid City, then on day 2 stop in Fort Collins or Cheyenne.
Just looked, there's not a lot an hour or two east of Rapid City.
I've got one other 9+ hour day in the plan. We want to visit the Grand Canyon, but on the eastern end. I'll start a thread when it gets closer to the date.