I did this drive twice in the last two years, Ca to MD. The first time it was when I got out of the military and drove back solo. I did it in 40 hours, 32 hours driving I believe. I slept 8 hours and only stopped for an hour in oklahoma to check out an indian store, chinese buffet, etc. I did it in 32 hours with my fiance, the second time. Its much easier with a second driver, I drove mostly but when I got tired or wanted sleep she took over. The first trip I went from Barstow, Ca to Missouri with no rest at all, it was smoking newports, redbull, coffee and music. I wouldn't recommend it because I was working 12 hr nights and partying alot, so I was a bit of an insomniac.
x2! That is exactly how it went down. When I got tired she took over. 31 hours straight was the best way to do it. But you need to make sure you have a day off the next day; which we do thank god! The worst part of the trip is when I gave he the wheel at night we were coming into Montana; well I woke up to find ourselves on some nasty tiny back roads??? The GPS took us the US-12, 8 hour, deer infested, back road route........instead of the I-90/94 6 hour, interstate, 75 mph, open road route? But we were too far into it to turn around...needless to say I could not sleep DEER! I swear I saw a deer bigger than our car! These were not our normal Wisconsin deer, these bastards were huge!
Thanks for all the well wishes!
Lordlister, drove through Helena...Holy casinos!!!
